Core Practice 1 — Body Basics: Arriving
All somatic practices share some basic elements, such as breathing, sensory awareness, and body scan, regardless of the type, teacher,
Read moreThe core set of 10 audio guides was imagined and developed by Eline Kieft, in collaboration with Doerte Weig and Ben Spatz. Where the first file invites you to arrive (back) into your body, the other nine files address specific topics directly related to the ethnographic cycle of fieldwork. Although ethnography has been the leading methodology behind this project, most of the actions and methods play a role in any research design: we all engage with literature study, with data gathering and with disseminating the results.
All somatic practices share some basic elements, such as breathing, sensory awareness, and body scan, regardless of the type, teacher,
Read moreDuring literature review we easily get inundated with questions about what to read, where to start, and how to find
Read moreThis recording supports you to explore your identity as researcher, and articulate some of the lenses through which you approach
Read moreThis Exploration is designed to increase your self-confidence before starting your data collection, before ‘entering the field’. Sometimes it takes
Read moreObservation is one of the core methods of ethnographic data gathering, yet the reciprocity and vulnerability of ‘seeing’ AND ‘being
Read moreInterviews, like observation, are a crucial part of doing ethnography. They are a social event on their own. While you
Read moreEntering the unknown can be anything between and beyond exciting and daunting. Wherever you go, there is however one familiar
Read moreData sets are usually quite messy. How can you write one thesis that represents voices, stakeholders, landscapes, traditions or themes/variables
Read moreWriting is literally part and parcel of Ethnography (graphy = writing about ethno = people and cultures). Most texts address
Read morePresenting our project results to research participants and academic colleagues is an essential part of the research cycle. No matter
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