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Involved and Detached: Emotional Management in Fieldwork

Sampson, Steven LU and Hedlund, Anna LU orcid (2022) p.114-137
Abstract
Using examples from fieldwork among armed groups in Congo and pre-1989 Romania, this article argues against the prevailing ethos of ethnographers engagement with the people they study, in favor of a dynamic between engagement and detachment, what we call 'emotional management'. Two examples from our fieldwork are given, Hedlund on fieldwork with armed groups, Sampson on his informants being haraased by the Romanian secret police.
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Social Anthropology, Romania, Paranoia, ethnography, ethnographic fieldwork, Congo, Secret Police/Securitatea, surveillance, Emotions
host publication
The Entanglements of Ethnographic Fieldwork in a Violent World
editor
Weiss, Nerina ; Green, Linda and Grassiani, Erella
pages
25 pages
publisher
Routledge
language
English
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yes
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Submitted book chapter, currently being reviewed by Routledge
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271a3394-7bec-4507-b4fc-4699cfd779ec
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2021-08-05 20:03:27
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2022-06-14 11:27:10
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  author       = {{Sampson, Steven and Hedlund, Anna}},
  booktitle    = {{The Entanglements of Ethnographic Fieldwork in a Violent World}},
  editor       = {{Weiss, Nerina and Green, Linda and Grassiani, Erella}},
  keywords     = {{Social Anthropology; Romania; Paranoia; ethnography; ethnographic fieldwork; Congo; Secret Police/Securitatea; surveillance; Emotions}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  pages        = {{114--137}},
  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  title        = {{Involved and Detached: Emotional Management in Fieldwork}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/119759395/FinalDraftEmotionalManagement2jun21.docx}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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