Event ethnography: Studying power and politics through events

IF 3.1 1区 社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY
Natalie Koch
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Event ethnography is a methodological tool that involves ethnographic research on or at events. “Events” are activities, gatherings, and collective experiences that are limited in time and are highly diverse in their scope, organization, and thematic organization. Because of their temporary nature, events serve as unique venues for the convergence of actors who are usually spatially, temporally, and socially dispersed. Ethnographic research at events thus offers scholars a useful window onto how power relations are formed through the concentrated interaction among individuals, ideas, affects, and infrastructures. This article defines “event ethnography” and surveys the existing literature that examines events through ethnographic research. It suggests that taking events seriously for fieldwork has the potential to open up new questions for political geographers and other scholars interested in power and politics.

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事件人种学:通过事件研究权力和政治
活动人种学是一种对活动或在活动中进行人种学研究的方法论工具。"活动 "是指在时间上有限,在范围、组织和主题组织上高度多样化的活动、聚会和集体经历。由于其临时性,活动成为通常在空间、时间和社会上分散的参与者汇聚的独特场所。因此,活动中的人种学研究为学者们提供了一个有用的窗口,让他们了解权力关系是如何通过个人、思想、影响和基础设施之间的集中互动而形成的。本文对 "活动人种学 "进行了定义,并对通过人种学研究考察活动的现有文献进行了调查。文章认为,认真对待事件的田野调查有可能为政治地理学家和其他对权力与政治感兴趣的学者提出新的问题。
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Geography Compass
Geography Compass GEOGRAPHY-
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6.00
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期刊介绍: Unique in its range, Geography Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. Geography Compass publishes state-of-the-art reviews, supported by a comprehensive bibliography and accessible to an international readership. Geography Compass is aimed at senior undergraduates, postgraduates and academics, and will provide a unique reference tool for researching essays, preparing lectures, writing a research proposal, or just keeping up with new developments in a specific area of interest.
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