Open AccessInvestigar participando / participar investigando. Relatos de una experiencia etnográfica
Author(s) -
Maria Eugenia Isidro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de la asociación española de investigación de la comunicación
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2341-2690
DOI - 10.24137/raeic.8.15.14
Subject(s) - ethnography , participant observation , reflexivity , objectivity (philosophy) , sociology , obstacle , work (physics) , epistemology , political science , social science , anthropology , law , philosophy , mechanical engineering , engineering
Although ethnography is a widely used approach in Social Science research, in this work we reflect on the experience of having carried out an ethnographic work in a socio-territorial movement. Carrying out an ethnography in a socio-territorial movement generates tensions since participation is not only essential for research, but it is also an indispensable condition to be part of the movement. In this sense, we are dedicated to retracing the path of the investigation, describing in detail how the participant observation was carried out and the interviews were carried out. In addition to analyzing what were the potentialities of its use and we will delve into the tensions that had to be faced during the investigation process placing the accent on reflexivity as an essential tool of social research. Far from believing that objectivity is achieved from the distance with the actors studied, in this work we try to realize that even when involvement seems to be an obstacle in the investigation, this is very rich in ethnographic work if it is accompanied by deep reflective work.