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De uitnodiging van Joost Beuving (JB) om een reflectie te schrijven over zijn Big Data-artikel (2018) nam ik graag aan. Het idee dat een kwantitatieve econoom verwantschap zou claimen met etnografie, vond ik fascinerend; dat hij ook nog... more
De uitnodiging van Joost Beuving (JB) om een reflectie te schrijven over zijn Big Data-artikel (2018) nam ik graag aan. Het idee dat een kwantitatieve econoom verwantschap zou claimen met etnografie, vond ik fascinerend; dat hij ook nog iets zou hebben met naturalisme, nam ik op de koop toe. Joost was ook zo vriendelijk mij het boek Everybody Lies van Stephens-Davidowitz (SD) toe te sturen.
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Alvorens op de repliek in te gaan, moet het mij van het hart dat Beuving en De Vries (2017) hun eigen werk tekortdoen. Ze hadden kunnen stilstaan bij de positieve dingen die ik over hun boek heb gemeld, zoals de toegankelijkheid, de mooie... more
Alvorens op de repliek in te gaan, moet het mij van het hart dat Beuving en De Vries (2017) hun eigen werk tekortdoen. Ze hadden kunnen stilstaan bij de positieve dingen die ik over hun boek heb gemeld, zoals de toegankelijkheid, de mooie verbindingen tussen methodologie en sociale theorie, de waardevolle hoofdstukken over interviewen, teksten, afbeeldingen en dingen, of de suggesties dat het boek waardevol kan zijn voor methodologieonderwijs.
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Naturalism and qualitative research Roy Gigengack In his discussion of Doing Qualitative Research: The Craft of Naturalistic Inquiry (Beuving & De Vries, 2015, Amsterdam: AUP), Gigengack praises its accessibility and the valuable chapters... more
Naturalism and qualitative research Roy Gigengack In his discussion of Doing Qualitative Research: The Craft of Naturalistic Inquiry (Beuving & De Vries, 2015, Amsterdam: AUP), Gigengack praises its accessibility and the valuable chapters on interviewing, documents, portrayals, and things, especially for method courses. But he dislikes the authors’ conception of naturalism and the definition of qualitative research as a craft. In their reaction, Beuving and De Vries stress that in their conception naturalism is to be seen as a form of realism, but Gigengack replies with an analysis of the book’s cover picture to show the limitations of this view. In a comment on these discussions, Smaling describes Beuving & De Vries’ position as one of four conceptions of naturalism in qualitative research.
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Truth and interpretation in ethnography (part 1): Tracking clues with marginalized groups and uniformed professions This essay is the first part of a reaction to Beuving’s discussion on evidence and truth in ethnography (KWALON 74).... more
Truth and interpretation in ethnography (part 1): Tracking clues with marginalized groups and uniformed professions This essay is the first part of a reaction to Beuving’s discussion on evidence and truth in ethnography (KWALON 74). Gigengack stresses that ethnography is inferential and involves interpretation work. Whereas social scientists may shy away from “truth,” and prefer “reality,” philosophies of truth illuminate empirical ethnography. Taking the Goffman/Mead controversies as histories of truth, Gigengack discusses created, relative, powerful, and holistic truths on the basis of these ethnographies. It brings Gigengack to a critique of functionalist-empiricist ethnography, and to point out the subjectivist and objectivist fallacies in the ethnographic practice of making truths through social facts.
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The inhalation of volatile substances with intentions of intoxication affects the lives of marginalized youths around the globe, but remains poorly understood. Based upon long-term ethnographic enquiry, this chapter describes the inhalant... more
The inhalation of volatile substances with intentions of intoxication affects the lives of marginalized youths around the globe, but remains poorly understood. Based upon long-term ethnographic enquiry, this chapter describes the inhalant use of Mexico City's young street people from their perspective, and understands it as learned behavior and lived experience. The “normalcy” of inhalant use in Mexico City is striking; streetwise inhabitants have knowledge about inhalants and inhalant users, and act accordingly. Users distinguish and classify a range of inhalants and sniffing techniques. Complicated patterns of inhalant use indicate the becoming of what are known as “inhalant fiends”: formation within users of gusto , the acquired appetite for inhalants, and of vicio , the devotion to inhalants. An elaborate street culture of sniffing thus emerges: a complex configuration of shared perspectives and embodied practices, shaped by and shaping social exclusion. These findings are relevant to appreciate and address the acquired appetite and devotion of the so-called inhalant fiends.
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Este artículo narra la historia de los chavos de Bucareli, un grupo de niños de la calle de la Ciudad de México, quienes también eran conocidos como “la banda del metro Juárez”. Documentar su vida cotidiana por un periodo de tres años me... more
Este artículo narra la historia de los chavos de Bucareli, un grupo de niños de la calle de la Ciudad de México, quienes también eran conocidos como “la banda del metro Juárez”. Documentar su vida cotidiana por un periodo de tres años me ha permitido formular tres puntos de análisis relacionados con la diferenciación interna del poder, puntos también válidos para otras 15 bandas de niños de la calle de la Ciudad de México. Primero, es importante poner en una perspectiva de edad las dinámicas sociales de liderazgo y género que se dan al interior de la banda y entre las diferentes bandas. Segundo, los principios que estructuran la vida en las calles, como el liderazgo, el género y la edad, tienen un carácter inherentemente evanescente como consecuencia de la interacción de limitaciones internas y externas a la banda. Tercero, la falta de vivienda genera un mundo de paradojas y contradicciones. La diferenciación de poder entre personas que carecen relativamente de poder es una contradi...
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Research Interests: Sociology, Human Geography, Philosophy of Agency, Development Studies, Sociology of Children and Childhood, and 14 moreYouth Studies, International Development, Children and Families, Reproduction, Development anthropology, Anthropology of Children and Childhood, Biology, Gender and Development, Applied Economics, Children, Agency, Centrality, European Union Development Cooperation, and Human Development (humanity)
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Résumé/Abstract This article takes the reader to Plaza Garibaldi, a famous square in Mexico City, where many poor and street poor dwell. The ethnographic material was gathered by extensive field work conducted from 1989 through 1996. It... more
Résumé/Abstract This article takes the reader to Plaza Garibaldi, a famous square in Mexico City, where many poor and street poor dwell. The ethnographic material was gathered by extensive field work conducted from 1989 through 1996. It focuses on, and provides a ...
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Dit artikel gaat over de formatie en het beheer van de grenzen tussen straatkinderen (callejeros) en een aantal stedelijke armen die niet van de straat zijn (de populacho). Na een korte introductie worden in drie secties gedetailleerde... more
Dit artikel gaat over de formatie en het beheer van de grenzen tussen straatkinderen (callejeros) en een aantal stedelijke armen die niet van de straat zijn (de populacho). Na een korte introductie worden in drie secties gedetailleerde levensverhalen gepresenteerd. ...
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10 Critical Omissions How Street Children Studies Can Address Self-Destructive Agency Roy Gigengack Introduction This chapter makes a plea for researching street children with ethnographic depth and vision. With the former I refer to the... more
10 Critical Omissions How Street Children Studies Can Address Self-Destructive Agency Roy Gigengack Introduction This chapter makes a plea for researching street children with ethnographic depth and vision. With the former I refer to the detailed and longitudinal fieldwork of street ...
KNAW Narcis. Back to search results. Publication Young, damned and Banda : the world of young street people in Mexico City, 1990-1997 (2006). Pagina-navigatie: Main. ...
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... Juarez.' 'We are also known as Lofar's banda", added Cute Boy. 'So', I said, 'you're the children of Lofar?'... more
... Juarez.' 'We are also known as Lofar's banda", added Cute Boy. 'So', I said, 'you're the children of Lofar?' 'Come on! No way!', they all reacted vehemently. 'We're brothers (carnales)\ We're Lofar's banda because Lofar calls us that. Not his sons!' 'Hihi', joked Alvis El Cisne, 'we're ...