Introduction : emerging trends in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller research
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated or brought about changes in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller-related (GRT) ethnographic research. This chapter explores the concrete methodological implications of these developments, focusing on a series of key elements: the shifting roles, capabilities and accountabilities of researchers; the development of collaborative approaches to project design, implementation and dissemination; the flexible combination of research methods; the ongoing reconfiguring of ‘the field’ from a locale to an evolving set of relations and processes; the foregrounding of doubt, ignorance and failure in the research process; the transformation of ethnographic writing to incorporate the work and perspectives of non-academic GRT interlocutors; and shifting ideas of what outputs of academic value might look like. The chapter introduces the book as a companion to those interested in GRT issues.
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Fotta , M & Gay y Blasco , P 2024 , Introduction : emerging trends in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller research . in M Fotta & P Gay y Blasco (eds) , Ethnographic methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller research : lessons from a time of crisis . Bristol University Press , Bristol , pp. 1-11 . https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529231878.ch001
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Ethnographic methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller research
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