Writing Ethnography – Bhargabi Das
Bhargabi Das is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Rural Management, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi, India. She completed her…
Understanding Positionality of the Dalit Female Researcher in Urban Fieldwork – Priyanka Mokale
Positionality plays a crucial role in research and varies over time. Convincing and demonstrating your social identity as a researcher…
Mirror, Mirror in the Field: Some Reflections on Ethnography – Apeksha Srivastava
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology that explores culture, groups, settings, and other contexts from the viewpoints of the people…
Language, Identity, and Power: Reflections from Fieldwork in Darjeeling – Debbani Bhattacharya
As researchers, our engagement with the field is often marked by a complex interplay of anticipation and apprehension. Fieldwork—especially in…
Institutionalised Cultural Capital in Practice: A Fieldwork Perspective – Amit Yadav and Debashis Pattanaik
Pierre Bourdieu conceptualised cultural capital as a crucial factor in social stratification, shaping access to opportunities and social mobility. There…
The Complex Conundrum: Being an Insider, an Outsider, or Both – Apeksha Srivastava
Recently, I attended a talk by Aditya Pratap Deo, a history professor at St Stephen’s College, Delhi. This session, held…
Wisdom from the Edge: Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times by Paul Stoller (2023): A Review by Muhammed A. Tahir
“Wisdom from the Edge is my attempt to transform Adamu Jenitongo’s work into my work. In this book, I hope…
Riverine and Climate Discourses in Chars of Bangladesh: A Conversation with Naveeda Khan
Naveeda Khan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, and affiliate faculty of…
The Woman with a Camera in the Field: Moving Images, Narratives and Visual Ethnography – Aiswarya P Raj
“I’m just a paavam[1]small-town wedding shooter, ain’t got no interesting life stories to share with you that’d be worth snappin’…
Doing Academics: Interpreting Realities, Experiences And Emotion In Fieldwork – Akanksha Sanil
Fieldwork is a crucial element for doing original research, more commonly in disciplines such as sociology, anthropology and economics within…