Negotiating Intersubjectivity as Methodology: Ethnographic Fieldwork and the Co-Production of Knowledge

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Brandon D. Lundy, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Mark Patterson, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Alex O'NeillFollow

Abstract

How is ethnographic knowledge fashioned and impressions managed during power-laden, discursive interview events? This chapter examines ethnographic encounters with foreign investors, development workers, and government officials in Guinea-Bissau as a way to explore intersubjectivity as a site of meaning making. These encounters take place in negotiated spaces where the dynamics of the encounter are fluid and contextually sensitive. Through an analysis of the co- production of knowledge, social researchers can begin to examine intersubjectivity within the ethnographic interview as both a shared resource and a potential liability for ethnographic interlocutors. This chapter highlights some of the methodological implications of negotiating and evaluating intersubjectivity.

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Lundy, Brandon D.; Patterson, Mark; and O'Neill, Alex (2020) "Negotiating Intersubjectivity as Methodology: Ethnographic Fieldwork and the Co-Production of Knowledge," Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society: Vol. 45: No. 1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.56702/MPMC7908/saspro4501.4
Available at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/southernanthro_proceedings/vol45/iss1/5