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Researchers frequently experience sexualized interactions, sexual
objectification, and harassment as they conduct fieldwork. These
experiences are often left out of ethnographers' "tales from the
field" and remain unaddressed within qualitative literature.
Harassed argues that the androcentric, racist, and colonialist
epistemological foundations of ethnographic methodology contribute
to the silence surrounding sexual harassment and other forms of
violence. Rebecca Hanson and Patricia Richards challenge readers to
recognize how these attitudes put researchers at risk, further the
solitude experienced by researchers, lead others to question the
validity of their work, and, in turn, negatively impact the
construction of ethnographic knowledge. To improve methodological
training, data collection, and knowledge produced by all
researchers, Harassed advocates for an embodied approach to
ethnography that reflexively engages with the ways in which
researchers' bodies shape the knowledge they produce. By
challenging these assumptions, the authors offer an opportunity for
researchers, advisors, and educators to consider the multiple ways
in which good ethnographic research can be conducted. Beyond
challenging current methodological training and mentorship,
Harassed opens discussions about sexual harassment and violence in
the social sciences in general.
Researchers frequently experience sexualized interactions, sexual
objectification, and harassment as they conduct fieldwork. These
experiences are often left out of ethnographers' "tales from the
field" and remain unaddressed within qualitative literature.
Harassed argues that the androcentric, racist, and colonialist
epistemological foundations of ethnographic methodology contribute
to the silence surrounding sexual harassment and other forms of
violence. Rebecca Hanson and Patricia Richards challenge readers to
recognize how these attitudes put researchers at risk, further the
solitude experienced by researchers, lead others to question the
validity of their work, and, in turn, negatively impact the
construction of ethnographic knowledge. To improve methodological
training, data collection, and knowledge produced by all
researchers, Harassed advocates for an embodied approach to
ethnography that reflexively engages with the ways in which
researchers' bodies shape the knowledge they produce. By
challenging these assumptions, the authors offer an opportunity for
researchers, advisors, and educators to consider the multiple ways
in which good ethnographic research can be conducted. Beyond
challenging current methodological training and mentorship,
Harassed opens discussions about sexual harassment and violence in
the social sciences in general.
Crime and violence soared in twenty-first-century Venezuela even as
poverty and inequality decreased, contradicting the conventional
wisdom that these are the underlying causes of violence. The
Paradox of Violence in Venezuela explains the rise of violence
under both Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro - leftist presidents
who made considerable investment in social programs and political
inclusion. Contributors argue that violence arose not from the
frustration of inequality, or the needs created by poverty, but
rather from the interrelated factors of a particular type of
revolutionary governance, extraordinary oil revenues, a reliance on
militarized policing, and the persistence of concentrated
disadvantage. These factors led to dramatic but unequal economic
growth, massive institutional and social change, and dysfunctional
criminal justice policies that destabilized illicit markets and
social networks, leading to an increase in violent conflict
resolution. The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela reorients thinking
about violence and its relationship to poverty, inequality, and the
state.
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