Telling Tales

Subjective Ethnography and Situated Narratives in Longitudinal Research on Violence in Nicaragua

Dados Bibliográficos

ID18969736
AutoresD Rodgers (0000-0001-8957-4796, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume7
Fascículo1
Páginas107-122
Data de publicação2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoConflict and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2164-4543 • E-ISSN: 2164-4551
EditoraBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/arcs.2021.070108
OpenAlexW3198243859
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas34

The ethnographic representation of violence is a controversial issue, involving debates about (avoiding) sensationalism or (acknowledging) emotionality, for example. Less considered is how the subjective nature of ethnography and the fact that ethnographic narratives are always situated can have ramifications for both interpreting and representing violence, particularly in the context of longitudinal ethnographic research. Drawing on my investigations into Nicaraguan gang dynamics begun in 1996, this article explores the subjectivity of the longitudinal ethnographic experience of violence both in and out of “the field” through three specific examples. These highlight in different ways how ethnographic understanding is highly situational and time-bound, meaning that longitudinal research is particularly prone to episodes of discomfiting conceptual disjuncture. At the same time, it is precisely this that arguably imbues it with exceptional power and insight

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sensationalism · Situated · Situational ethics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology