Erotic Ethnography: Sex, Spirituality, and Embodiment in Qualitative Research

Q1 Social Sciences
Anima Adjepong
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Qualitative methods training in sociology often warns of the dangers of sex in fieldwork and discounts the power of the erotic for knowledge production. This essay makes a case for a deeper engagement with the erotic in qualitative research. The erotic is an ineffable energy that connects us to one another on a sensual, spiritual, and political plane. Despite its scope, the erotic is typically reduced to sexual intimacy. This limitation maintains the idea that all erotic encounters during ethnographic research are sexual and potentially harmful, discounting the possibilities of pleasure and mutual exchange. Through a meditation on key eroticized moments from ethnographic research for various projects, the author examines how an embrace of erotic ethnography can produce more ethical, mindful, and human-centered approaches to doing qualitative research. A deeper engagement with the erotic creates greater opportunity for mutual exchange and reduces instances of exploitation and extraction during ethnographic research.
色情人种志:定性研究中的性、灵性和体现
社会学中的定性方法训练经常警告田野工作中性的危险,并低估了情爱对知识生产的力量。这篇文章提出了一个案例,在定性研究中对情色进行更深入的研究。情色是一种不可言喻的能量,它在感官、精神和政治层面上把我们彼此联系在一起。尽管它的范围很广,但情色通常被简化为性亲密。这一限制坚持了这样一种观点,即在人种学研究中,所有的色情接触都是性的,潜在的有害的,低估了快乐和相互交流的可能性。通过对不同项目的民族志研究中关键的色情时刻的思考,作者探讨了对色情民族志的拥抱如何能够产生更多的道德,注意和以人为中心的定性研究方法。与情爱的深入接触为相互交流创造了更大的机会,减少了民族志研究中剥削和提取的实例。
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The Journal of Men's Studies
The Journal of Men's Studies Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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