Identity Challenges in Field Research: Three Stories

Abstract

We tell of our struggles in completing ethnographic field research by showing the hurdles and difficult interactions we faced on our different projects. We interpret the obstacles as threats to our identities and show how we responded to them. Our conclusion shows how we preserved the independence of our interpretations while completing the data collection and interpretation.

Keywords:

• Threat Rigidity
• Åsne Seierstad
• Confessional Ethnography