Comments on: The ethnographer as an outsider http://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/ Design. Innovation. Ethnography. Technology. Qualitative Research. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: utpal rakshit http://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-19045 utpal rakshit Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:44:08 +0000 https://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-19045 I think sometime outsider's objectivity lacks the subjctive digging of the memory and past of a place and sometimes insider's subjectivity lacks required objective perceptions. The problem is of lacking something , the sene of lacking makes one to assume the role of an insider or outsider.This problem shows the way .Otherwise how ? I think sometime outsider’s objectivity lacks the subjctive digging of the memory and past of a place and sometimes insider’s subjectivity lacks required objective perceptions. The problem is of lacking something , the sene of lacking makes one to assume the role of an insider or outsider.This problem shows the way .Otherwise how ?

]]> By: Asha http://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-178 Asha Thu, 11 May 2006 17:27:39 +0000 https://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-178 Thanks for this discussion. I think being an insider or an outsider is dynamic. Noone can fully be an insider nor an outsider. The culture that you grew up in is but one thing that defines you...you are also defined by your gender, religion, race, education, etc. So a Jewish woman from Israel speaking to a group of Jewish boys in NY may be an insider in some ways....but a christian man speaking to a group of Jewish boys be may be more of an insider in other ways... Thanks for this discussion. I think being an insider or an outsider is dynamic. Noone can fully be an insider nor an outsider. The culture that you grew up in is but one thing that defines you…you are also defined by your gender, religion, race, education, etc. So a Jewish woman from Israel speaking to a
group of Jewish boys in NY may be an insider in some ways….but a christian man speaking to a group of Jewish boys be may be more of an insider in other ways…

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-71 Steve Portigal Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:22:00 +0000 https://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-71 Having very briefly me Jan, I can confirm "his" is the correct word. I wonder about the evolution of the role, from outsider at the beginning, to insider as it proceeds along. And in consulting, I find there are two communities that I deal with - explicitly the "users" but implicitly my clients and their culture. It pays off more to be an insider with them, with an outsider's perspective of their users. Or something like that. I'm sure I could cook up a brilliant (hah) essay on this but that's my first shot at it. Great blog! Having very briefly me Jan, I can confirm “his” is the correct word.

I wonder about the evolution of the role, from outsider at the beginning, to insider as it proceeds along. And in consulting, I find there are two communities that I deal with – explicitly the “users” but implicitly my clients and their culture. It pays off more to be an insider with them, with an outsider’s perspective of their users. Or something like that. I’m sure I could cook up a brilliant (hah) essay on this but that’s my first shot at it.

Great blog!

]]> By: FieldNotes: Notes on the Anthropology of British Columbia » Insiders and Outsiders in Ethnography http://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-68 FieldNotes: Notes on the Anthropology of British Columbia » Insiders and Outsiders in Ethnography Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:36:03 +0000 https://mindspace.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/the-ethnographer-as-an-outsider/#comment-68 [...] As I gear up to teach another section of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology this summer, I am pleased to direct my students to the discussion at MindSpace about insider-outsider dilemmas in ethnographic research. It’s good fodder for the first few classes and discussions about what anthropologists do. [...] [...] As I gear up to teach another section of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology this summer, I am pleased to direct my students to the discussion at MindSpace about insider-outsider dilemmas in ethnographic research. It’s good fodder for the first few classes and discussions about what anthropologists do. [...]

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