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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Part 1: Ethnographic Practice(s) and Symbolic Interaction: Work from the Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui
Ethnographic practice(s) and symbolic interaction: work from the contemporary ethnography across the disciplines Hui
Notes
References
Section A: Emergent Methods
Hypertextual self-scapes: Crossing the barriers of the skin
Abstract
Traversing the barriers of the skin
Introduction
Wanting to be seen – Why make Illness Visible?
Changing how people interact with chronic illness
Knowing Bodies
The Knowing Self of Experience
Looking for the Intricacies of Experience
Engaging with knowing bodies: Communicating experience
“MeBoxes”
Choosing Objects/Symbols – The Clock
Claire
Beth
Karl
The Clock
Limitations of Photography
The Proof is in my Body
Hypertextual self-scapes: Finding visual discourse beyond a story with pictures
Creating Visual Discourse
The viewer and the hypertextual self-scape
Creating the layers of the hypertextual self-scapes
Claire
Karl
Summarizing hypertextual self-scapes
Conclusion
Notes
References
The contact sheet: Combining evocative and analytic modes into visual autoethnography of the moment
Abstract
A contemporary challenge for at-home, at-keyboard researchers
Transforming a visual chronology into an autoethnography
References
Movement-initiated writing in dance ethnography
Abstract
The page performs the process: choreographing journal notes
Auto-ethnography and movement-initiated writing
Translating affect
Narrative research and emergent methodology
Movement writing
The spill of choreographic thinking
Performance Writing and Artist Books
Acknowledgments
References
Transgressing boundaries of private and public: Auto-ethnography and intercultural funerals
Abstract
Introduction
Cultural context and expression of emotion
Auto-ethnography as research methodology
Tangihanga
Two tangihanga in the Morrison whānau
Whānau Context
Rangatiratanga, Mana, and Manaakitanga (Leadership, Integrity, and Hospitality)
Aroha (Unconditional Love)
Return to the Whenua (Land)
A funeral in the Tongan community in Aotearoa
Setting the Scene
Methodology
Old Tongan Spirituality and Religions
Humility, Expression of Grief as Prayer in Action
My Brother Sione
Roles in Funeral Rituals
The Fahu in the Tongan Putu
Rituals After the Burial
Reflections
The Tangi of Emeritus Professor James Ritchie
Methodology
Excerpt from Te Whaiwhaia’s Narrative
He Whakaaro – Reflections on the Narrative and Responses
Whānau Reflections
Reflections
He whakaaro whakamutunga – concluding thoughts
Glossary
Notes
References
Section B: Practice and Advocacy
An Autoethnography of Queer Transmasculine Femme Incoherence and the Ethics of Trans Research
Abstract
How Does Autoethnography Fit Within Trans Theory? What Is Trans Theory?
[Auto-ethnographic Interlude: An Interview with My Incoherent Femme Embodiment]
How Can Cisgender Researchers Produce Ethical Trans-Related Research?
[Auto-Ethnographic Interlude: Joe Encounters Medical Confusion]
What Is Femme Incoherence? How Does This Relate to Transmasculinity?
How Do I Embody Femme Incoherence? What does a Practice of IncoherenceOffer Trans/Queer Theories and The Communities We Live in?
Conclusion
Notes
References
Going “Slowly Slowly”: An Ethnographic Engagement with Resettled Sudanese Men
Abstract
Introduction: locating the ‘Refugee Experience’
Professional Discourse: Refugee Status, Trauma, and Well-Founded Fears
Locating Oneself in the Research – Reflexivity
Brief History and the “Lost Boys”
Resettlement in Australia
Accessing and Engaging with the Sudanese Community
Going “Slowly Slowly”
Building Relationships and Establishing Trust
Incorporating Reciprocity
Separations and Closures
And Bringing It (Slowly) Together
Acknowledgments
References
Symbolic Interactionism in Safety Communication in the Workplace
Abstract
Introduction
The culture of the workplace
Methodology
Orco
RTE
Outcome of the investigation into local subcultures and its relevance to symbolic interactionism
References
Section C: Social Justice and Transformation
Boys’ Visual Representations and Interpretations of Physical Education
Abstract
Boys’ Visual Representations and Interpretations of Physical Education – Introduction
Visual Representations and Interpretations – Boys “Speaking for Themselves”
Theme I – The Gendered Spaces and Places of Physical Education
Theme II – Technologies of the Self
Theme III – the Self as a Work of Art
Concluding Thoughts
Acknowledgments
References
Ethnographic Fieldwork as Embodied Material Practice: Reflections from Theory and the Field
Abstract
Context
Ethnographic Fieldwork as Practice
Bodies and Ethnography: Some Starting Points
Mind, Body and Ethnographic Fieldwork
Grotesque Ethnographic Bodies
Embodied Relational Understanding and the Intimate Outsider
Conclusions
References
To the Field, and Back…
Abstract
The Discipline of Linguistics
The Project
The Funding
Preparation for Fieldwork
Fieldwork Methodology
To the Field
The Linguist’s Paradox
A PhD Supervision
But I’m Stuck!
Language Documentation
In the Field
Communicative Events
ELDP IGS0023 Annual Report/Transfer of Funds
Collecting Narratives
Texts, But Not Too Many!
Participant
New Methods
Field Methods in the Classroom
Teaching/Learning
Stock-Taking
Notes
References
Part 2: New Empirical Studies
New religious movements as avenues for self-change and the development of increased emotional connectedness
Abstract
Methodology
Divergent paths for protected selves: Successful and unsuccessful strategies for self-change
The managed selves: Change through tolerating self-uncertainty
The Depth of Involvement
Ongoing commitment to self-change following exit
The protected selves: The competing desire for self-verification
The Depth of Involvement
Reconnection and commitment to the self as autonomous following exit
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
The contributions of the California sociologies to the diversity and development of symbolic interaction
Abstract
Naturalistic inquiry/dramaturgy/analytic ethnography
Grounded theory
Ethnomethodology
Existential sociology
Conclusion
References
Terrorism and the national security university: Public Order Redux
Abstract
Marketing fear and social control
Project Camelot
Minerva Project and Human Terrain Systems
Conclusion
References
Social media and the 2011 vancouver riot
Abstract
Introduction
Collective behavior and the definition of the situation
Riots and the role of media
Methodology
Themes: identity and criminal justice
Identity
The “True Fan”: Hockey Fans and Rioters
The “True Vancouverite”: Vancouver and the Surrounding Metropolitan Area
Criminal justice
Retribution and Revenge
Police and Response to the Riot
Discussion and conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Navigating the terrain of medical diagnosis and treatment: Patient decision making and uncertainty
Abstract
Literature on patient decision making
Method and data
The autoethnographies
Rory Turner
Angela Pape
Steven Engels
The interviews
Marty Krane
Karen Marsh
Lee Frost
Carol Watson
Conclusion
Notes
References
Making mediation work: A sociological view of human Conflict
Abstract
Introduction
Applying frame analysis to mediation
Frames and Frame Analysis
Three contemporary approaches to frame analysis
The Task of Reframing in Mediation
Goffman’s social metaphors
Mediation as “Game”
Mediation as “Drama”
Mediation as “Ritual”
Ritual Stages in Mediation
Stage One Rituals
Stage Two Rituals
Stage Three Rituals
Stage Four Rituals
Avoiding alienation through responsive mediation rituals
Respecting gender preference in framing rituals
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part 3: Animals & Selves
Do animals have selves?
Abstract
Introduction
Animals as symbolic actors
The sources of the self
Thinking about Animal Selfhood: An Overview and Evaluation
The sociological claims of animal selfhood: a critique
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
We’ll always have the self
Abstract
References
The selves of other animals: reconsidering mead in light of multidisciplinary evidence
Abstract
Correcting Mead’s rejection of animal mind
Symbolic Interaction Across the Species Divide
From Evolutionary Biology to Classical and Cognitive Ethology
The Neuroscience of Self
Conclusions
References
About the Authors
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