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Studying Migration in the Time of Trump: Power, Positionality, and Formal Politics in the Field
The Professional Geographer ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2019-10-14 , DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2019.1662819
Jared P. Van Ramshorst 1
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In August 2016, I began fieldwork as Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential campaign reached its peak. As Trump’s popularity snowballed, his campaign and election dramatically reshaped my fieldwork, with implications for power and positionality in the field. This article details how fieldwork and the research process are shaped by formal politics. In particular, I examine the effects of Trump’s presidential campaign and election on fieldwork by exploring how these events transformed relationships and interactions between participants and me in the field. As I show, my identity and positionality in southern Mexico became increasingly visible through contemporary politics in the United States. This process, although unexpected and uncomfortable, provided key opportunities to engage with participants in conversations around my own power and privilege, highlighting the multiple and dynamic natures of positionality in the field. Such insights deepen understandings of positionality and contribute to the methodological literature in geography by detailing how identity and positionality in fieldwork are explicitly shaped by broader, formal politics, which often take place outside the researcher’s control. These issues are especially important as xenophobia and populism proliferate worldwide, complicating the relationships and interactions that unfold between researchers and participants as well as the broader ethics of conducting geographic research. Key Words: fieldwork, migration, positionality, power, Trump.

中文翻译:

研究特朗普时代的移民:权力、地位和该领域的正式政治

2016 年 8 月,当唐纳德特朗普的美国总统竞选达到顶峰时,我开始了实地考察。作为特朗普的受欢迎程度雪球,他的竞选和选举显着重塑了我的实地工作,对该领域的权力和位置的影响有影响。本文详细介绍了田野工作和研究过程如何受到正式政治的影响。特别是,我通过探索这些事件如何改变参与者和我在该领域之间的关系和互动来研究特朗普总统竞选和选举对实地考察的影响。正如我所展示的,我在墨西哥南部的身份和地位通过美国的当代政治变得越来越明显。这个过程虽然出乎意料和不舒服,但提供了与参与者围绕我自己的权力和特权进行对话的重要机会,突出该领域定位的多重性和动态性。通过详细说明田野工作中的身份和位置如何明确地被更广泛的正式政治塑造,这些见解加深了对位置性的理解,并为地理学的方法论文献做出了贡献,这些政治通常发生在研究人员无法控制的范围内。这些问题尤其重要,因为仇外心理和民粹主义在世界范围内蔓延,使研究人员和参与者之间展开的关系和互动以及进行地理研究的更广泛的道德复杂化。关键词:实地考察、移民、地位、权力、特朗普。通过详细说明田野工作中的身份和位置如何明确地被更广泛的正式政治塑造,这些见解加深了对位置性的理解,并为地理学的方法论文献做出了贡献,这些政治通常发生在研究人员无法控制的范围内。这些问题尤其重要,因为仇外心理和民粹主义在世界范围内蔓延,使研究人员和参与者之间展开的关系和互动以及进行地理研究的更广泛的道德复杂化。关键词:实地考察、移民、地位、权力、特朗普。通过详细说明田野工作中的身份和位置如何明确地被更广泛的正式政治塑造,这些见解加深了对位置性的理解,并为地理学的方法论文献做出了贡献,这些政治通常发生在研究人员无法控制的范围内。这些问题尤其重要,因为仇外心理和民粹主义在世界范围内蔓延,使研究人员和参与者之间展开的关系和互动以及进行地理研究的更广泛的道德复杂化。关键词:实地考察、移民、地位、权力、特朗普。使研究人员和参与者之间展开的关系和互动以及进行地理研究的更广泛的道德复杂化。关键词:实地考察、移民、地位、权力、特朗普。使研究人员和参与者之间展开的关系和互动以及进行地理研究的更广泛的道德复杂化。关键词:实地考察、移民、地位、权力、特朗普。
更新日期:2019-10-14
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