Stability of Shifting Ground. Feminist Ethnography and Practice

• Main Authors: Deborah Blizzard, Wenda Bauchspies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2013-01-01
• Series: Praktyka Teoretyczna
• Subjects: badania terenowe; etnografia; praktyka feministyczna; refleksyjność; zaangażowanie
• Online Access: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/prt/article/view/2961

<p>In this article the two authors problematize the moment of stabilization in doing fieldwork and writing ethnography from a feminist perspective. The paper begins with an introduction to the question: How do feminist science studies scholars reconcile a normative need to stabilize our research site to create knowledge within the shifting ground of “truth claims” that feminist practices acknowledge and document? The heart of the paper reflects on our experiences as feminist theorists, teachers, and ethnographers with vignettes from studies of high-risk pregnancies in the industrialized world, specifically the United States, and gender and everyday technologies in West Africa. Our goal is to theorize this instability in order to highlight the limits and benefits of working with consciousness and reflectivity in social contexts while challenging and enriching the vibrancy of our feminist theory and practice.</p>