Abstract
Using examples from fieldwork among armed groups in Congo and pre-1989 Romania, this article argues against the prevailing ethos of ethnographers engagement with the people they study, in favor of a dynamic between engagement and detachment, what we call 'emotional management'. Two examples from our fieldwork are given, Hedlund on fieldwork with armed groups, Sampson on his informants being haraased by the Romanian secret police.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Entanglements of Ethnographic Fieldwork in a Violent World |
| Editors | Nerina Weiss, Erella Grassiani, Linda Green |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Pages | 93-116 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003333418 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032333816 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 Jun 1 |
Bibliographical note
page proofs of final version.Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Social Anthropology
Free keywords
- Social Anthropology
- Romania
- Paranoia
- ethnography
- ethnographic fieldwork
- Congo
- Secret Police/Securitatea
- surveillance
- Emotions