field sites and digital evidence
What were the main take aways this week regarding field sites and digital evidence? Pick one of the 5 discussion questions to discuss what you learned about fieldwork and how you might apply to your own project (Navajo Medicine). (350-400 words)
1. What is the field site in Ngins Identities on Trial and Bonilla and Rosas #Hashtag ethnography? Compare and contrast them.
2. In what ways do digital and analog forms interact in fieldwork and what challenges do they pose for the ethnographers? How do they transform the debates about data collection (eliciting info, collecting unsolicited info, ethical issues)?
3. In terms of community, what are the opportunities that digital communities present in this moment? Limitations? Challenges? Insights? In what ways are you participating in digital communities besides work/school?
4. How does technology (Twitter or VHS) affect agency and representation, according to Bonilla and Rosa? In Ngins article, how do (asylum) courts define identities?
Perspective
Ontology
Epistemology
5. How do you define the field site in your research? In what ways do these authors help you think about sources of data? Field opportunities? etc.