Ethnography In and With Bodies Embodied Learning and the Academic Life

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dc.contributor.authorMcKinnon, Katharine
dc.contributor.authorDombroski, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-30T03:59:18Z
dc.date.available2020-07-30T03:59:18Z
dc.date.issued2019en
dc.date.updated2020-06-19T07:26:32Z
dc.description.abstractThe body is a vital part of ethnographic experience and learning. This essay reflects on the complex work that the body does during ethnography, not just as an instrument for data collection, but as a means of collaboration, a site of embodied learning, and a conduit for connection and communication that is more-than-verbal. In this contribution we reflect on research engagements that have been profoundly embodied, involving deep embodied learning and communication, touch and connection in the contexts of childbirth, infant care, and midwifery. Building on experiences in China, Laos, New Zealand, and Australia, we discuss the richness and the challenges of consciously collaborating with, in, and via bodies and embodied communications. We also explore what might be learned from the embodied experience of ethnography that we can bring back into academic life: are there lessons we can learn from collaborating with bodies that can help us to thrive amongst the challenges of the neoliberal university?en
dc.identifier.citationMcKinnon K, Dombroski K (2019). Ethnography In and With Bodies Embodied Learning and the Academic Life. Commoning Ethnography. 2(1). 11-26.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.26686/ce.v2i1.5697
dc.identifier.issn2537-9879
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/100811
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherVictoria University of Wellington Libraryen
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons CCBY. © K. McKinnon and K. Dombroskien
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::16 - Studies in Human Society::1601 - Anthropology::160104 - Social and Cultural Anthropologyen
dc.titleEthnography In and With Bodies Embodied Learning and the Academic Lifeen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Science
uc.departmentSchool of Earth and Environment
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