Project title
Intra-active Methodologies: exploring entangled ethnography
Research question
What does it look like to do ethnography in, from and with a new materialist paradigm?
Project description
New materialism has become popular in many fields as a way to explore the role of non-human and more-than-human elements. It offers a fresh perspective on how different entities interact and influence social and environmental issues. This approach is changing how we think about global challenges, like climate change, by providing a more interconnected view of the actors and relationships involved.
This project aims to examine the methodological changes that come with this new way of thinking. Focusing on ethnography as a key method suited to new materialism, Lauren Wagner asks: what does it mean to conduct ethnography within this new framework? Are diverse approaches to ethnography adapting to this paradigm, or do we need to rethink some fundamental aspects? In a world where everything is interconnected, can we develop new methods for collaborative research?
Selected publications
- Latham, A., & Wagner, L. B. (2021). Experiments in becoming: corporeality, attunement and doing research. Cultural Geographies, 28(1), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474020949550
- Wagner, L. B. 2023. Diasporic Mobilities on Vacation: Tourism of European-Moroccans at Home. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Diasporic-Mobilities-on-Vacation-Tourism-of-European-Moroccans-at-Home/Wagner/p/book/9781032000282.
- Wagner, L. B. 2024. “Encounters in Motion: Being Present and Interacting with Others in Long Duration Train Travel.” Mobility Humanities.