Overview

Ethnography, with all its limitations, has as its strongest impulse the quest to see and understand “others” on their own terms and to step out of our own viewpoints in order to do so. Conjoining ethnography with mindfulness, this book aims to support the best aspects of ethnography by enhancing the capacity to listen more deeply, see more expansively, keep a check on our biases and connect more compassionately with others. Mindful Ethnography addresses a central dilemma of ethnography: the relationship of self and other. It suggests ways of viewing the world from different perspectives, getting beyond the categories of our culture and working with our own thoughts and feelings even as we aim to understand those of our participants. Chapters address various stages of ethnographic research: entering a field and seeing it for the first time, immersing in ongoing participant observation, writing up elaborated fieldnotes, analysis, the re-presentation of results and letting it go. It offers illustrations and activities for researchers to try. The book is aimed at students and researchers who are stepping into the craft of ethnography or looking for new ways in and through ethnographic research. It is for researchers who want to integrate scholarship, social activism and spiritual pursuits in order to do research that is deeply engaged with and transformative of the world.

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Author:   Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9781138361041

ISBN 10:   1138361046
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   19 November 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures and Boxes Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Conceptual Framings: Ethnography, Epistemology, Mindfulness and Non-Duality Interlude I: Holding the Weight of the Analytical Mind Lightly Chapter 2: Entering the Field with Open Heart and Mind Interlude II: Feeling the ""Suchness"" of a Space Chapter 3: Getting In and Along: Connecting with Clarity and Compassion Interlude III: Revisiting a City Corner Chapter 4: Being there Now, Again: Writing Up Field Notes Interlude IV: Pause Chapter 5: Analysis: Let it Settle Itself Interlude V: On the Writing of this Book Chapter 6: Re-Presentations Interlude VI: Meditations on Writing: Connecting Mind, Heart and Earth Chapter 7: Letting Go"

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Marjorie Elaine Faulstich Orellana is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, the associate director of the Center for the Study of International Migration and the director of faculty for the Teacher Education Program. Her ethnographic research centers on immigrant youth in urban schools and communities.

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