Ethnographies of Touch and Touching Ethnographies
Some Prospects for Touch in Anthropological Enquiries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12930649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosemary Jennifer Christine Blake (University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-6453 • E-ISSN: 1758-6453 |
| Publisher | NomadIT (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22582/am.v13i1.224 |
| OpenAlex | W1480272552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 11 |
The question of what constitutes data in anthropology is on-going and contested. In particular, challenges to dualistic assumptions about the mind and body as separate have opened up new spaces in which we can explore what it means to be engaged or embedded in the field and how we can employ our own subjectivity and experiences in the field as tools for research. In this paper, I extrapolate these assertions, looking at the role that touch, as a social practice both observed and participated in during fieldwork, played in shaping the way I conducted research as well as the subsequent theorisations that emerged from this research. I consider how meanings and messages can be relayed through the skin, and by the skin, in a dialogue of embodied knowledge between the researcher, the field and the research participants
Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Field research · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Philosophy · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
All Knowledge Begins with the Senses'1
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Exposed Intimacies
Senses of Touch
Making sense of education
Writing touch, writing (epistemic) vulnerability
Aprendiendo a bordar
An Alternative Healing Paradigm
The Touched Cow
Embodying Difference
On the Affectivity of Touch
Of flesh and bone
Intimacy and touch
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |