Images from fieldwork or the oneiric reminiscences of Ethnography Labs

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26881/etno.2021.7.10

Keywords:

Fieldwork, ethnographic multi-sensory experience, teaching methods, Ethnographic Laboratory

Abstract

I present multi-sensory memories from my field research that keep imbuing encounters with people and other beings with specific meaning. Such memories combine dialogues with pictures, sounds, smells and tastes, and can be conceived of as inspiration underly- ing ethnographic and anthropological research. In this context, I reflect on the method of teaching skills of ethnographic field research within “Ethnographic Laboratories”, a module introduced as part of the teaching curriculum at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Warsaw.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Magdalena Zowczak, University of Warsaw

Ethnographer, anthropologist, professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology and head of the Department of Theory and Studies of Contemporary Cultural Practices at the University of Warsaw.
Research interests: anthropology of religion (apocrypha, prayer and sacrifice, contemporary religious expression), Christian iconography, the significance of religion in the processes of constructing the identities of various communities and social groups.

References

Beauvois, D. (2005). Trójkąt ukraiński. Szlachta, carat i lud na Wołyniu, Podolu i Kijowsz- czyźnie 1793–1914. Przeł. K. Rutkowski. Lublin: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej.

Gadamer, H.G. (1980). Niezdolność do rozmowy. Przeł. B. Baran. Znak, 309 (3), 369–376. Hastrup, K. (2008). Droga do antropologii. Między doświadczeniem a teorią. Przeł. E. Klekot. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.

Herzfeld, M. (2004). Antropologia. Praktykowanie teorii w kulturze i społeczeństwie. Przeł. M.M. Piechaczek. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.

Zandberg, A. (2012). „Villages ... Reek of Ether Vapours”: Ether Drinking in Silesia before 1939. Medical History, 54(3), 387–396.

Published

2021-12-23 — Updated on 2023-10-17

Versions

How to Cite

Zowczak, M. (2023). Images from fieldwork or the oneiric reminiscences of Ethnography Labs. Ethnography. Practices, Theories, Experiences, (7), 151–164. https://doi.org/10.26881/etno.2021.7.10 (Original work published December 23, 2021)

Issue

Section

CZĘŚĆ DRUGA OSOBISTE WYMIARY DOŚWIADCZEŃ ETNOGRAFICZNYCH