Abstract
Drawing on fieldwork among 'racist' white youths in Southeast London, this paper considers the ethical dilemma which arises for the ethnographer when the increasing proximity that developing empathy with her informants implies, is jeopardised because the disposition she is expected to adopt is at odds with what she feels it is right for a person to become. Is her only option to distance herself from what belonging amongst her informants entails? Or could such a crisis help her to understand that resistance and conflict are intrinsic aspects of the learning processes through which any person is continuously making sense of their own social position vis-à-vis others? © Cambridge University Press 2006.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 247-259 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Social Anthropology |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2006 |