With the eyes of others

An ethnography of an academic office

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12894591
AutoresDamian Ruth (0000-0001-8831-2743, Massey University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen11
Número3
Páginas359-370
Fecha de publicación2015-11-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnography & Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1745-7823 • E-ISSN: 1745-7831
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17457823.2015.1107851
OpenAlexW2315059409
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas30

The author raises questions about ethnographic methodology through exploring the implications of using observations produced by his colleagues about his office as data for his research. This process blurred the boundaries between researcher, method and the object and subject of research. It meets some criteria for ethnography and not others, and does not evidence clear definitional boundaries for any sub-genre such as autoethnography or collaborative authoethnography. Besides raising definitional challenges and the blurring of roles in research, the study also illustrates how the methodology revealed tensions over collegial trust, boundaries and privacy. The author's colleagues exposed aspects of the author's identity that were opaque and even invisible to the author. The author accordingly raises questions about the locus of ethical concern. Thus, issues of roles, definition, trust, boundaries, privacy and method were entwined

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