2006/03/01 by Alison L Bain, Alison L. Bain, Catherine J Nash +1 · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics #Data Analysis and Archiving #Participatory Visual Research Methods
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00663.x
In this paper we examine how the researcher's body can be used as a tool for data collection in the process of ethnographic fieldwork. We focus in particular on the tensions inherent in undertaking embodied ethnographic research in the sexualized setting of a queer women's bathhouse event in Toronto, Canada. Our discussion addresses three moments within the research process: preparing our bodies to attend the bathhouse; positioning our bodies within the spaces of the bathhouse; and interacting with our bodies during the event. Through this discussion we argue that the body of the researcher is a contested site of knowledge production.