Behind the scenes
Reflecting on cross-gender interview dynamics in Mexico City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12930778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mariana Rios Sandoval (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| 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.v11i1.24 |
| OpenAlex | W1502249588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
During the summer of 2007 I set out on a qualitative exploratory study in Mexico City that later became a masters dissertation. The study was focused on conversations with a group of men about everyday practices, expectations, ideas and feelings related to parenting, and this was an entry point into exploring constructions of fatherhood and masculinity. As I stumbled through my first in-depth interviews I felt excited, thrilled and touched, but also uneasy, overwhelmed and undeniably puzzled by a whole range of dilemmas that appeared to emerge every time I so much as stopped to think about the course of my research. The six weeks of fieldwork were a truly formative experience. An experience that made me reflect for long hours about the ethics and politics of the research process. I came to recognise that ultimately, the picture of fatherhood drawn in my study was to a certain extent negotiated with the participants, shaped by our interaction and informed by personal backgrounds, expectations, emotions and lived experiences. I believe that reflecting on this aspect of the ethnographic encounter along with communicating those reflections constitute a fundamental part of the learning exercise. The latter is precisely the purpose of the present article: communicating such reflections
Art · Dynamics (music · Ethnography · Exploratory research · Feeling · Formative assessment · Masculinity · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |