Agency, power and emotions : ethnographic note-taking in research with children

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Kapoor, Ambika and Ambreen, Samyia and Zhu, Yan (2023) Agency, power and emotions : ethnographic note-taking in research with children. International Journal of Research and Methods in Education, 46 (4). pp. 421-433. ISSN 1743-7288 (https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727x.2023.2196065)

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Abstract

Ethnographic note-taking in the field is often imbued with emotions, shaped by power relations and influenced by participants’ voice and agency. Though enough has been written about ethnography, discussions on the specific challenges of taking notes, particularly in research with children are limited. Drawing on three ethnographic field studies with children in schools in the UK, India and China, this article discusses fieldwork experiences to understand the challenges, dilemmas and complexities around note-taking in the field. Using a reflexive and intersectional lens, this article discusses the role of agency, power and emotions in the experiences of taking notes in child-centred research with children. It conceptualizes the need to understand the complexities when theories are operationalized in real-life research contexts.

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Kapoor, Ambika ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6349-6638, Ambreen, Samyia and Zhu, Yan;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:90725
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    2 April 2023
    Published
    16 February 2023
    Accepted
    Subjects:Education
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS)
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:27 Sep 2024 14:01
    Last modified:02 Dec 2024 01:30
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90725
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