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Category Archives: Archival research
Oct 18 2017
Cultural encounters in the field: Finding a ‘home’ away from home
Leave a commentThis article describes experiences from fieldwork research conducted in the districts of Paramaribo, Commewijne and Nickerie in Suriname across two months in the summer of 2015. This research focused on an Indian socio-religious organisation, the Arya Samaj in Suriname, discussing … Continue reading
Posted by: October 18, 2017
Tagged with: diaspora, ethnography, Positionality, Suriname
Mar 29 2014
Encountering the archival research ‘field’
3 CommentsThe research ‘field’ is not a clearly defined, Cartesian geographical space or place, nor is it restricted to places where ethnographic work is conducted. Instead, one’s research ‘fields’ are: firstly, subjective and open to interpretations; and secondly, simultaneously existing in … Continue reading
Posted by: March 29, 2014
Tagged with: accidental historian, archive research, culture of migration, Malaysia, Singapore