No. 22 (2017): Ethnographies du proche. Perspectives réflexives et enjeux de terrain

Coordinated by Marie Campigotto, Rachel Dobbels et Elsa Mescoli with the collaboration of (in Émulations) Lionel Francou.

This thematic issue of Emulations questions the “at home” field practice, which raises many questions regarding methodological, epistemological, ethical, and political stakes, which the new generation of researchers of the “at-home” faces frequently. It explores the social contexts and the personal stances that lead some of them to carry “at-home” research, the consequences of such an orientation, the way this research is lead, its results and scientific validation, methodological and epistemological obstacle these researchers have to overcome, as well as how one enters or leaves the field, and the investigation relations. This issue offers a reflexive feedback on the ethnographic practices by analyzing heterogenous, concrete, and situated investigation situations in which three main aspects of field practice evolve and intimately intertwine: familiarity, alterity and commitment. The contributions gathered in this issue shed light on how the reflexivity inherent to ethnography operates when the context in which researchers works involves a proximity between them and their fields, thus allowing to inventory the singular trajectories that such research experience feedback creates.