1st Edition

Mindful Ethnography Mind, Heart and Activity for Transformative Social Research

By Marjorie Faulstich Orellana Copyright 2020
186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Ethnography, with all its limitations, has as its strongest impulse the quest to see and understand “others” on their own terms and to step out of our own viewpoints in order to do so. Conjoining ethnography with mindfulness, this book aims to support the best aspects of ethnography by enhancing the capacity to listen more deeply, see more expansively, keep a check on our biases and connect more... Read more
 

List of Figures and Boxes

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Conceptual Framings: Ethnography, Epistemology, Mindfulness and Non-Duality

Interlude I: Holding the Weight of the Analytical Mind Lightly

Chapter 2: Entering the Field with Open Heart and Mind

Interlude II: Feeling the "Suchness" of a Space

Chapter 3: Getting In and Along: Connecting with Clarity and Compassion

Interlude III: Revisiting a City Corner

Chapter 4: Being there Now, Again: Writing Up Field Notes

Interlude IV: Pause

Chapter 5: Analysis: Let it Settle Itself

Interlude V: On the Writing of this Book

Chapter 6: Re-Presentations

Interlude VI: Meditations on Writing: Connecting Mind, Heart and Earth

Chapter 7: Letting Go

Biography

Marjorie Elaine Faulstich Orellana is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, the associate director of the Center for the Study of International Migration and the director of faculty for the Teacher Education Program. Her ethnographic research centers on immigrant youth in urban schools and communities.