Trying to Return Home
A Trinidadian's Experience of Becoming a "Native" Ethnographer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J B Fournillier (0000-0002-3337-0206, Georgia State University, Atlanta,) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 740-765 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800408330344 |
| OpenAlex | W2127095023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 24 |
In this article, the author draws on the experiences of doing an ethnography of mas' making practices in Trinidad Carnival mas' camps to explore and dialogue with her perception of self as a becoming native ethnographer and her valuing of the perceptions of a member of the community's view of her role as another colonizer. She addresses the tensions between contestation, arrogant perceptions, and deep dialogue; the various forms of identification that informed the research process; and the various ways in which she positioned herself. She adapts and interprets some of the theoretical concepts she gained as a member of the community of educational researchers as she explores the challenges she faced as a native-born Trinidadian, educator, mas' player, and a becoming ethnographer
Epistemology · Ethnography · Identification (biology · Media studies · Participant observation · Perception · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy
Working Within Hyphen-Spaces in Ethnographic Research
Who Dat Say (We) "Too Depraved to Be Saved"?
Fremde Blicke, eigene Wahrnehmungen
Epistemological defiance
White-on-white research
Creating research culture in Caribbean universities
Working together for critical research ethics
I Know Him So Well
Conducting community-engaged qualitative research in South Africa
A 'balikbayan' in the field
Be-ing, Do-ing, and Be-coming
Histories of Feminist Ethnography
The professional stranger
Critical Ethnography
Communities of Practice
Cultural Production of the Educated Person
When they read what we write
The Colonizer and the Colonized
Carnival
Longing in Belonging
The Colonizer/Colonized Chicana Ethnographer
Globalization and Trinidad Carnival
Peter Minshall
The Scholar and her Servants
Researching 'my people,' researching myself
Playfulness, “World”-Travelling, and Loving Perception
Critical Ethnography
The Repeating Island
Of Other Spaces
Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
Situated Learning
Decolonizing Methodologies
Negotiating the swamp
| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |