I am SO hear for this! These are the unique perspectives we need! Writing culture... wow you cannot believe HOW many times I've heared about that in my introduction course xD routes instead of roots, writing for culture instead of against, multi-sited ethnography, all the things xD My professor is of the similar opinion that anyone who writes has the potential to become an ethnographer of some sorts, he mentioned that as a writer you already have that "talent" to closely observe your surroundings The Topeka School is being published in German by one of my favorite publishers, so I've seen it everywhere on their instagram, but never look into it that closely, but now that you've mentioned it...
Hahaha yes it’s a very seminal text that has managed to cross the boundaries of many fields, it’s one of those books that everyone talks about at some point or another, I’m sure haha! Oohhh, I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on the Topeka school, I can’t say it was a favourite read of mine, I think I just wanted it to have some sort of magical realist element to it because it certainly had the atmosphere! But would still recommend it to a lot of people!
A great reminder that Ghost Wall terrified me because I recognised so much of the toxic masculinity in relation to folk I know. Of course, I did not think of it as an ethnographic novel at the time - simply because I am only learning of that term through your videos. It is definitely something I would have to consider further before commenting as to whether I have recognised a good representation of a particular community in a book.
Yeah, it unnerved me a lot for those reasons too, and I think it's so easy to imagine people we know crossing that line and becoming people we don't know any longer...
Thank you for all these great explanations and examples. I never really thought about novels could be considered as ethnographical analysis, because of the snobbishness academia often shows, in describing fiction as too trivial.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. I agree its funny how academia can sometimes view literature outside of the field of literary studies, it's such a shame I find!
I am SO hear for this! These are the unique perspectives we need!
Writing culture... wow you cannot believe HOW many times I've heared about that in my introduction course xD routes instead of roots, writing for culture instead of against, multi-sited ethnography, all the things xD
My professor is of the similar opinion that anyone who writes has the potential to become an ethnographer of some sorts, he mentioned that as a writer you already have that "talent" to closely observe your surroundings
The Topeka School is being published in German by one of my favorite publishers, so I've seen it everywhere on their instagram, but never look into it that closely, but now that you've mentioned it...
Hahaha yes it’s a very seminal text that has managed to cross the boundaries of many fields, it’s one of those books that everyone talks about at some point or another, I’m sure haha!
Oohhh, I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on the Topeka school, I can’t say it was a favourite read of mine, I think I just wanted it to have some sort of magical realist element to it because it certainly had the atmosphere! But would still recommend it to a lot of people!
Thank you for the explanation.
So fascinating! Thank you for this information. It adds such a dynamic layer of perspective 😁📚💖
I'm so glad you think so! :D
Thanks for the lovely comment.
A great reminder that Ghost Wall terrified me because I recognised so much of the toxic masculinity in relation to folk I know. Of course, I did not think of it as an ethnographic novel at the time - simply because I am only learning of that term through your videos. It is definitely something I would have to consider further before commenting as to whether I have recognised a good representation of a particular community in a book.
Yeah, it unnerved me a lot for those reasons too, and I think it's so easy to imagine people we know crossing that line and becoming people we don't know any longer...
Thank you for all these great explanations and examples. I never really thought about novels could be considered as ethnographical analysis, because of the snobbishness academia often shows, in describing fiction as too trivial.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video. I agree its funny how academia can sometimes view literature outside of the field of literary studies, it's such a shame I find!