[Air-l] postmodern ethnography

[Caitlin Fisher]

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>From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org]On Behalf Of
>Denise Carter
>Sent: February 13, 2003 3:48 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Air-l] postmodern ethnography
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>thanks for all the replies so far
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>i am 'writing up' my methodology chapter at the moment and trying to order
>my thoughts about ethnography, and using the 'text' or 'dialogue' of my
>informants to write an authoritative ethnographic narrative. I was
>intrigued
>by Schaap's use of the term 'postmodern ethnography', and his use
>of Tyler's
>distinctions that dialogue presented in text is not dialogue, consequently,
>that any representation of that dialogue doesn't even (re)present a prior
>reality or truth.
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>denise
>
>(i have looked at Auge, Latour and Marcus among others)

Hi Denise --
I think you might enjoy Patti Lather's _Getting Smart: feminist research and
pedagogy with/in the postmodern_  and her experimental ethnography
_troubling the Angels_ -- Lather calls the latter book "a combination of
critical ethnography and participatory action research" and she uses
interviews and plays with/questions the ability of the author to write the
'authoritative' account in interesting ways (I think).
best,
Caitlin

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Dr. Caitlin Fisher
Assistant Professor
Fine Arts Cultural Studies
York University
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