Muller2016
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Muller2016 |
| Author(s) | Sophie Merit Müller |
| Title | Becoming the phenomenon? An alternative approach to reflexivity in ethnography |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Ethnography, Ethnomethodology, Reflexivity, Practice, Body, Ballet |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Qualitative Inquiry |
| Volume | 22 |
| Number | 9 |
| Pages | 705–717 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800416660580 |
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Abstract
This article presents a praxeologically informed approach to “transgressing the researcher-subject” in ethnography. I unfurl a concept of “strong” reflexivity as developing a perspective of unfamiliarity toward one’s own practices and beliefs. By drawing on my study on practicing ballet, I illustrate how I dealt with my own bodily involvement as a professional dance student. Comparing my approach with evocative autoethnography, I not only emphasize that corporeal sensitivity and alertness are inherent to both styles of inquiry. Yet, I also point out their differences. Whereas evocative autoethnography takes subjectivity as a resource for insights, this approach uses it as an instrument for discovery.
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