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NALACS Master Class: Intimacies and Ethnographic Research in Latin America
Facilitator: Dr. Lorraine Nencel (VU University Amsterdam)
Date: Wednesday November 25, 2009
Time: 14-17 hrs
Place: CEDLA, Keizersgracht 395-397, Amsterdam
This Master class is aimed at bringing researchers, particularly PhDs but not exclusively, together who are doing ethnographic research in Latin America and are interested in the topic of intimacies. We will discuss the way intimacies can be central within both the field and the focus of research. Ethnography is created through intimate knowledge, and the process of doing ethnographic research has traditionally relied on relations of trust. What methodological challenges and ethical dilemmas do our access to and reliance on spheres of intimacy pose? Are there particular methods that facilitate or create obstacles in research on intimate relations? How do we represent our own relations of intimacy during fieldwork (with research assistants, friends and sexual partners)? After a short introduction, a hands-on approach will be used to discuss the participants’ work in progress. The discussion will criss-cross through subjects of methods, ethics and fieldwork and writing up.
The masterclass will be followed by a networking dinner sponsored by NALACS.
Participants are asked to send a one paragraph abstract concerning their research topic and issues relevant to this master class with name and contact information, indicating whether you will stay for the networking dinner, to Mieke Lopes Cardozo at T.A.LopesCardozo@uva.nl The number of participants is limited to 15. The deadline for submissions is November 15.
Lorraine Nencel is associate professor at the department of Social Research Methodology at VU University Amsterdam, where she teaches qualitative research methodology and ethnography. She has done research on sex work in Lima, Peru. (Ethnography and Prostitution in Peru, London: Pluto Press, 2001), on sexuality and gender identities of secretaries working in Public Administration in Lima, and is now conducting research in the Netherlands entitled: Young people, sexuality and adult society.
International Symposium on "Sex and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean"
Amsterdam, 26-27 November 2009
NALACS, CEDLA, JISLAC
This international conference seeks to explore contemporary issues in the study of sex and sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean. In particular, we are interested in shifts in the political economy of intimacy and the ways in which cultural, political and economic power structures shape sexual practices and ideologies in the region. The keynote speakers are prof. dr. Peter Wade (University of Manchester) and dr. Amalia Cabezas (University of California Riverside). Click here for the poster. For the conference programme go to "Events".
Bolivia's December Elections: The Future of Evo Morales' Changes
A series of lectures and encounters to reflect upon current developments
To see the complete program please click here
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