It's not my fault!

It is not my fault! - facing sexual harassment and gender violence in fieldwork

Authors

  • Natalia Escobar Garcia Natalia Universidad Icesi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v27i1p256-273

Keywords:

fieldwork, security, sexual haressment, ethnography, violence, sexualized field

Abstract

This paper unveils some of the risks that women researchers are exposed to when doing fieldwork, the decisions we take in extreme situations to protect our integrity, finally scar our research outcomes. Through my ethnographic experiences between 2010 and 2017 in Bahía Málaga–Valle del Cauca-Colombia, I aim to interpret the ethnographic field as a sexualized place that confront us as academic women. Additionally, I argue that is necessary to implement security protocols for women researchers while conducting ethnographic research.

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Author Biography

  • Natalia Escobar Garcia Natalia, Universidad Icesi

    Antropóloga, magister en Estudios Sociales y Políticos con experiencia en trabajos con comunidades, estudios afrocolombianos y estudios de género.

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Published

2018-12-26

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Special Section

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How to Cite

Natalia, N. E. G. (2018). It’s not my fault! It is not my fault! - facing sexual harassment and gender violence in fieldwork. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 27(1), 256-273. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v27i1p256-273