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Involved and Detached: Emotional Management in Fieldwork

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    • Contributors:
      Lund University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Social Anthropology, Lunds universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar, Sociologiska institutionen, Socialantropologi, Originator
    • Abstract:
      Using examples from fieldwork among armed groups in Congo and pre-1989 Romania, this article argues against the prevailing ethos of ethnographers engagement with the people they study, in favor of a dynamic between engagement and detachment, what we call 'emotional management'. Two examples from our fieldwork are given, Hedlund on fieldwork with armed groups, Sampson on his informants being haraased by the Romanian secret police.
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