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Reciprocity Rules
Friendship and Compensation in Fieldwork Encounters
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2020
Summary
Reciprocity Rules explores the rich and complicated relationships that develop between anthropologists and research participants over time. Focusing on compensation and the creation of friendship and “family” relationships, contributors discuss what, when, and how researchers and the people with whom they work give to each other in and beyond fieldwork. Through reflexivity and narrative, the contributors to this edited collection, who are in various stages in their professional careers and whose research spans three continents and eight countries, reflect on the ways in which they have compensated their research participants and given back to host communities, as well as the varied responses to their efforts. The contributors consider both material and non-material forms of reciprocity, stories of successes and failures, and the taken-for-granted notions of compensation, friendship, and “helping.” In so doing, they address the interpersonal dynamics of power and agency in the field, examine cultural misunderstandings, and highlight the challenges that anthropologists face as they strive to maintain good relations with their hosts even when separated by time and space. The contributors argue that while learning, following, openly discussing, and writing about the local rules of reciprocity are always challenging, they are essential to responsible research practice and ongoing efforts to decolonize anthropology.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-9294-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-9295-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
166
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
List of Figures No access
Ethic and Compensation Beyond the IRB No access
Learning the Rules of Reciprocity No access
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Note No access
Chapter 1 Brother to a Scorpion No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 2 Predestined Help No access Pages 19 - 38
Chapter 3 Existential Debt No access Pages 39 - 56
Chapter 4 Reflections on a Community of the Heart No access Pages 57 - 78
Chapter 5 Cigarettes, Cash, or Spare Parts No access Pages 79 - 98
Chapter 6 Conversations and Critiques on Creating an Anthropological “Family” No access Pages 99 - 122
Afterword No access Pages 123 - 132
Works Cited No access Pages 133 - 148
Index No access Pages 149 - 162
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 163 - 166
