Who are we trying to impress
Reflections on navigating political science, ethnography and interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2247012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Boswell (0000-0002-3018-8791, University of Southampton, corresponding author), Jack Corbett (0000-0003-2005-7162, Griffith University) |
| Editors | Karen Boll and Professor Roderick A W Rhodes |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-235 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Organizational Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2046-6749 • E-ISSN: 2046-6757 |
| Publisher | Emerald (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/joe-08-2014-0030 |
| OpenAlex | W2140500940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
Purpose- Turning laborious ethnographic research into stylized argumentative prose for academic consumption is a painstaking craft. The purpose of this paper is to revisit this perennial issue, and extend a claim the authors have made elsewhere about the inevitably impressionistic, rather than the oft-claimed "systematic", nature of this task.Design/methodology/approach- The authors draw and reflect on their own experiences of conducting and navigating across political science, ethnography and interpretation in order to justify and uphold the benefits of impressionism.Findings- The authors argue that the impressionistic account of writing up fieldwork has important implications for these diverse disciplinary terrains.Originality/value- The authors develop an argument as to how and why an appreciation of this craft's impressionistic nature can affect how the authors go about creating, evaluating and ultimately thinking about ethnographic research in foreign disciplines like political science
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Argumentative · Art · Craft · Discipline · Epistemology · Ethnography · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Originality · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Philosophy
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Mere Description
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |