Doing “indigenous” ethnography as a cultural outsider: : Lessons from the Four Seasons

• Autores: S. Lily Mendoza
• Localización: Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, ISSN-e 1751-3057, Vol. 9, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 140-160
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This piece narrates the author's experience with González's Four Seasons of Ethnography framework as an ethnographer-in-training in an advanced field research methods course conducted in a small Rarámuri village in the Copper Canyon of Mexico. Three core elements emerged as the narrative's focal interest: the nature-based logic of the Four Seasons framework, the tensions between indigenous child-rearing practices and modernizing influences among the Rarámuri, and the problematic of conducting indigenously grounded research in a community not one's own. Learnings highlight the unique oeuvre lent by the “Four Seasons” framework and its potential for transforming knowledge production about the “other” within the academy and beyond.