Emotion work, Ethnography and Survival Strategies on the Streets of Yogyakarta

Stodulka, Thomas

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

Anthropological research with street-related children, adolescents, and young adults raises epistemological, methodical, and ethical predicaments. In this article, I illustrate the advantages of an anthropology that acknowledges the ethnographer’s emotions as valuable data when conducting research with marginalized communities. By drawing on my own experiences when conducting long-term fieldwork, I argue that systematic self-reflexivity and an emotionally aware epistemology enhance both the anthropologist’s emotional literacy and his or her understanding of informants and interlocutors. The integration of the ethnographer’s emotions in the analysis and interpretation of ethnographic data can assist in formulating anthropological theory, challenging the limits of traditional empiricism, and raising emotions to a category of epistemic value.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftMedical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume34
Ausgabe / Heftnr. / Issue1
Seitenbereich84-97
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2015
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
DOI10.1080/01459740.2014.916706
Stichwörteremotion; epistemology; fieldwork; Indonesia; marginality; street children

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Stodulka, Thomas
Professur für Ethnologie (Prof. Stodulka)