Ethnographers and Subjectivity;: Doctors and Comradely Critique

Piyush Pushkar

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-65797-9_3

Ethnographers and Subjectivity; Doctors and Comradely Critique

Piyush Pushkar

Division of Psychology & Mental Health (L5)

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Abstract

Maintaining independent theoretical analyses can present difficulties when doing research with experts, since such experts develop their own arguments, often framed in sociological language. I interrogate techniques for overcoming these difficulties. In the relational, embedded work of participant-observation, how can the ethnographer maintain her own authorial voice while remaining faithful to her interlocutors? Reflexive consideration of my positionality helped to make sense of my interlocutors’ temporalities and moral arguments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Politics and Practices of the Ethnographies of Biomedicine and STEM
Subtitle of host publication	Among White Coats
Editors	Cinzia Greco
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	45–63
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031657979
ISBN (Print)	978303165796-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65797-9_3
Publication status	Published - 2024

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