Anna‐maria Walter
Biographic Data
| ID | 669172 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna‐maria Walter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna‐maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Walter |
| SIGNATURE | WALTER A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oulu |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7629-3258 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Authors and Editors
The Multi-Sided Ethnographer: Living the Field beyond Research
The Multi-Sided Ethnographer
As ethnographic fieldwork blurs the boundaries between ›private‹ and ›professional‹ life, ethnographers always appear to be on duty, looking out for valuable encounters and waiting for the next moment of disclosure. Yet what lies in the gaps and pauses of fieldwork? The contributions in this volume dedicated to anthropologist Martin Sökefeld explore methodological and ethical dimensions of multi-sided ethnographic research. Based on diverse cases…
From the Field, With Love
Lasting relationships with partners from the field have long been unacknowledged in anthropology. While ethnographers routinely reflect on their positionality and local entanglements during fieldwork, little is exposed of their private and intimate lives, behind closed doors. Instead of asking epistemological questions related to the research setting, this chapter - written in the form of a letter to our shared supervisor Martin Sökefeld - seeks …
Introducing the Multi-Sided Ethnographer
Nature-based winter sports and their ephemeral tracks
Nature-based winter sports are often framed as a solution to the tension between people’s desire for pristine snowy landscapes and their effects on that environment. Low-impact activities such as ski touring and cross-country skiing allow outdoor enthusiasts to visit remote and mountainous locations without the need for hard infrastructure of ski resorts, leaving no permanent marks in the landscape. Yet their growing popularity raises a dilemma a…
Images of the Mountains
Touristic advertisements, development reports and government sources in Pakistan readily use the natural beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan, above all lavish shots of mountain peaks, to promote the country’s hospitality and global appeal. Since the public sphere is full of promotional material for this region, local people have also started posing in front of newly discovered sights for photos. While men often upload these on Facebook and WhatsApp, young…
Staying Tuned
Ethnographers today find themselves experimenting with new approaches to digital ethnography amid pandemic-related restrictions on research. Yet such developments only accelerate a broader trend toward the dissolution of the traditional ethnographic 'field' due to new communications technologies and the emergence of a globalized 'knowledge economy'. Through six contributions from around the world, this forum explores how the emergence of a more d…
The self in a time of constant connectivity
Ubiquitous mobile phones have transformed not just our modes of communication but our self-perception. In facilitating a direct personal connection, be it via a call, a text message, or social media, they present the unprecedented challenge of synchronicity, in which users must simultaneously navigate different social contexts and plural identities. In the area of Gilgit, northern Pakistan, young women in particular struggle with social scrutiny …
Feminine Intrastructures in a Men-made City
Anna-Maria Walter and Anna Grieser analyze how women create semi-public female spaces in Gilgit, Pakistan by repurposing small sections of their family homes, thus challenging the masculinist urban landscape
Between “pardah” and sexuality
Shame is omnipresent in women’s lives in the suburban conglomerations of the city of Gilgit in northern Pakistan, in the adjacent villages and nearby valleys. Women express their modesty through shame. Being singled out individually in a society with strict collective orientation turns a woman into an object of gossip and threatens the loss of one’s family’s honour. Accordingly, the performance of modesty and shame follows an inner drive for self…
The self in a time of constant connectivity
Ubiquitous mobile phones have transformed not just our modes of communication but our self-perception. In facilitating a direct personal connection, be it via a call, a text message, or social media, they present the unprecedented challenge of synchronicity, in which users must simultaneously navigate different social contexts and plural identities. In the area of Gilgit, northern Pakistan, young women in particular struggle with social scrutiny …
Nature-based winter sports and their ephemeral tracks
Nature-based winter sports are often framed as a solution to the tension between people’s desire for pristine snowy landscapes and their effects on that environment. Low-impact activities such as ski touring and cross-country skiing allow outdoor enthusiasts to visit remote and mountainous locations without the need for hard infrastructure of ski resorts, leaving no permanent marks in the landscape. Yet their growing popularity raises a dilemma a…
Images of the Mountains
Touristic advertisements, development reports and government sources in Pakistan readily use the natural beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan, above all lavish shots of mountain peaks, to promote the country’s hospitality and global appeal. Since the public sphere is full of promotional material for this region, local people have also started posing in front of newly discovered sights for photos. While men often upload these on Facebook and WhatsApp, young…
Staying Tuned
Ethnographers today find themselves experimenting with new approaches to digital ethnography amid pandemic-related restrictions on research. Yet such developments only accelerate a broader trend toward the dissolution of the traditional ethnographic 'field' due to new communications technologies and the emergence of a globalized 'knowledge economy'. Through six contributions from around the world, this forum explores how the emergence of a more d…
Between “pardah” and sexuality
Shame is omnipresent in women’s lives in the suburban conglomerations of the city of Gilgit in northern Pakistan, in the adjacent villages and nearby valleys. Women express their modesty through shame. Being singled out individually in a society with strict collective orientation turns a woman into an object of gossip and threatens the loss of one’s family’s honour. Accordingly, the performance of modesty and shame follows an inner drive for self…
Between “pardah” and sexuality
Shame is omnipresent in women’s lives in the suburban conglomerations of the city of Gilgit in northern Pakistan, in the adjacent villages and nearby valleys. Women express their modesty through shame. Being singled out individually in a society with strict collective orientation turns a woman into an object of gossip and threatens the loss of one’s family’s honour. Accordingly, the performance of modesty and shame follows an inner drive for self…
Feminine Intrastructures in a Men-made City
Anna-Maria Walter and Anna Grieser analyze how women create semi-public female spaces in Gilgit, Pakistan by repurposing small sections of their family homes, thus challenging the masculinist urban landscape
Staying Tuned
Ethnographers today find themselves experimenting with new approaches to digital ethnography amid pandemic-related restrictions on research. Yet such developments only accelerate a broader trend toward the dissolution of the traditional ethnographic 'field' due to new communications technologies and the emergence of a globalized 'knowledge economy'. Through six contributions from around the world, this forum explores how the emergence of a more d…
The self in a time of constant connectivity
Ubiquitous mobile phones have transformed not just our modes of communication but our self-perception. In facilitating a direct personal connection, be it via a call, a text message, or social media, they present the unprecedented challenge of synchronicity, in which users must simultaneously navigate different social contexts and plural identities. In the area of Gilgit, northern Pakistan, young women in particular struggle with social scrutiny …
Images of the Mountains
Touristic advertisements, development reports and government sources in Pakistan readily use the natural beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan, above all lavish shots of mountain peaks, to promote the country’s hospitality and global appeal. Since the public sphere is full of promotional material for this region, local people have also started posing in front of newly discovered sights for photos. While men often upload these on Facebook and WhatsApp, young…
Authors and Editors
The Multi-Sided Ethnographer: Living the Field beyond Research
The Multi-Sided Ethnographer
As ethnographic fieldwork blurs the boundaries between ›private‹ and ›professional‹ life, ethnographers always appear to be on duty, looking out for valuable encounters and waiting for the next moment of disclosure. Yet what lies in the gaps and pauses of fieldwork? The contributions in this volume dedicated to anthropologist Martin Sökefeld explore methodological and ethical dimensions of multi-sided ethnographic research. Based on diverse cases…
From the Field, With Love
Lasting relationships with partners from the field have long been unacknowledged in anthropology. While ethnographers routinely reflect on their positionality and local entanglements during fieldwork, little is exposed of their private and intimate lives, behind closed doors. Instead of asking epistemological questions related to the research setting, this chapter - written in the form of a letter to our shared supervisor Martin Sökefeld - seeks …
Introducing the Multi-Sided Ethnographer
Nature-based winter sports and their ephemeral tracks
Nature-based winter sports are often framed as a solution to the tension between people’s desire for pristine snowy landscapes and their effects on that environment. Low-impact activities such as ski touring and cross-country skiing allow outdoor enthusiasts to visit remote and mountainous locations without the need for hard infrastructure of ski resorts, leaving no permanent marks in the landscape. Yet their growing popularity raises a dilemma a…
Sociology (7 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)