Rethinking Ethnography

This book rethinks ethnography as a performative knowing which extends beyond conventional cognitive and rational approaches. It highlights how emotions and social senses anticipate understanding and contribute to the perception and analysis of the worlds we observe.The authors argue for a renewed reflexivity which deconstructs and decolonises our gaze, senses and ways of participating, feeling and perceiving. This involves entering, on tiptoe, into networks composed of humans, animals and things, restoring their roles and agency beyond our stereotypes and prejudices. In this way, encounters with otherness can move beyond relations of power and subordination. Looking forward, the book explores emerging directions in ethnographic research and signposts the critical contribution ethnography can make as we strive to understand our rapidly changing world.Rethinking Ethnography is highly relevant for scholars and students throughout sociology, human geography, anthropology, psychology, social work and education. It is essential reading for everyone interested in using ethnographic approaches to enhance and deepen their understanding of our world.