{"product_id":"patchwork-ethnography-gzikze-gznel-9780226845319","title":"Patchwork Ethnography: A Methodological Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers an accessible new way to think critically and transparently about how researchers, especially those doing ethnographic work, can balance their personal commitments with long-term research.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor ethnographers, spending a year or longer in a faraway place conducting fieldwork is becoming increasingly untenable due to competing life responsibilities and rising workloads, as well as disability, precarity, and geopolitical factors. If ethnographic methods are to remain relevant and viable for a diverse group of people in anthropology and beyond, Gökçe Günel and Chika Watanabe argue, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewe need to examine how our personal and professional lives intersect and shape one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Patchwork Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e, Günel and Watanabe take seriously the conditions that render long-term fieldwork difficult for so many. Without being prescriptive, the book offers concrete ways for scholars to unpack the competing commitments in their lives and make those challenges feel more manageable. Blending theoretical analysis with practical exercises, the authors guide readers to rethink the relationship between their personal lives and their scholarship. Ultimately, they point to ways for transforming limitations into catalysts for fresh insights. By highlighting how shifting labor and living conditions profoundly alter knowledge production, \u003ci\u003ePatchwork Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a paradigm shift in ethnographic research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gökçe Günel,Chika Watanabe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226845311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226845319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Gökçe Günel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997588173055,"sku":"9780226845319","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patchwork-ethnography-gzikze-gznel-9780226845319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}