Ambivalent Belonging in the Fields of Home

IF 0.4 0 RELIGION

Fieldwork in Religion Pub Date : 2020-11-05 DOI:10.1558/FIRN.18353

Shana L. Sippy

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Abstract

Through telling the interconnected stories of three women (the author, her grandmother, and her interlocutor, a leader in a temple community), this article explores the complicated dynamics that can occur when one’s field is both one’s home and not one’s home. Specifically, it explores the ways in which being an American scholar of Indian descent who studies the Hindu diaspora can shed light on the gendered dynamics of belonging, authority, autonomy and authenticity in the field and at home. Ultimately, the article suggests that a scholarly approach of ambivalent belonging that eschews the normative boundaries between home and field, the personal and the scholarly, provides an ethical framework for research and writing.

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家庭领域的矛盾归属

通过讲述三位女性（作者、她的祖母和她的对话者，一位寺庙社区的领导者）的相互关联的故事，本文探讨了当一个人的领域既是自己的家又不是自己的家时可能发生的复杂动态。具体而言，它探索了作为一名研究印度侨民的印度裔美国学者，如何揭示该领域和国内归属、权威、自主和真实性的性别动态。最终，这篇文章表明，一种矛盾归属的学术方法，避开了家庭和领域、个人和学术之间的规范边界，为研究和写作提供了一个伦理框架。

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期刊介绍： Fieldwork in Religion (FIR) is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal seeking engagement between scholars carrying out empirical research in religion. It will consider articles from established scholars and research students. The purpose of Fieldwork in Religion is to promote critical investigation into all aspects of the empirical study of contemporary religion. The journal is interdisciplinary in that it is not limited to the fields of anthropology and ethnography. Fieldwork in Religion seeks to promote empirical study of religion in all disciplines: religious studies, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, psychology, folklore, or cultural studies. A further important aim of Fieldwork in Religion is to encourage the discussion of methodology in fieldwork either through discrete articles on issues of methodology or by publishing fieldwork case studies that include methodological challenges and the impact of methodology on the results of empirical research.