TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose To demonstrate why leaving the ethnographic field provides an excellent opportunity for the researcher to engage in reflexivity on all aspects of the research and especially on issues of power, age and gender.Methodology/approach An autobiographical reflection on a 40 year career as an ethnographer.Findings The autobiographical literature and the methods literature on ethnography has neglected leaving the field, and the opportunities that process provides for reflectivity. The author reflects on issues of power, age and gender as they have been implicated in the various fieldsites studied in her career. The particular field site featured centrally is two martial arts, savate and capoeira.Originality/value To improve the quality of reflexive writing on leaving the field.
VL  - 14
SN  - 978-1-78635-025-1, 978-1-78635-026-8/1042-3192
DO  - 10.1108/S1042-319220160000014013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1042-319220160000014013
AU  - Delamont Sara
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Time to Kill the Witch? Reflections on Power Relationships When Leaving the Field
T2  - Gender Identity and Research Relationships
T3  - Studies in Qualitative Methodology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 3
EP  - 20
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -