COVID-19 is reorienting ethnographic fieldwork in Africa towards digital methodologies
Storer, L.
(20 May 2021)
COVID-19 is reorienting ethnographic fieldwork in Africa towards digital methodologies.
Africa at LSE.
Virtual methodologies for remote fieldwork have become commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, often driven by research interests in Europe to collect data in Africa. But changing practices and new possibilities raise ethical and theoretical implications. LSE’s Dr Liz Storer recaps a recent panel addressing these concerns and distinguishes between the relevance of old and new ethnographic questions.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2021 The Author |
| Departments |
LSE > Institutes > Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa LSE > Academic Departments > Geography and Environment |
| Date Deposited | 27 Jul 2021 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111240 |