As digital media grows increasingly pervasive, cultural geographers continue to engage with new mechanisms for conducting and sharing their research. This article discusses a collaborative ethnography project that I conducted on artisan chicken in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan, and shared as a playlist of six YouTube videos. Although inexperienced with creating film, I found that making these collaborative videos created a mechanism for sharing and recognizing collaborators’ efforts in raising and retailing artisan chicken. To reduce the chance of adverse outcomes, I clarified the project’s goals, sought input from participants at multiple stages, curated the video content, and scrutinized the best website and settings for sharing the project. Even with these precautions, however, the project created tension between my role as a researcher and video blog curator. In conclusion, I reflect on the benefits, tensions, and pitfalls of this project. Despite its challenges, I encourage other scholars to reflexively pursue opportunities presented by digital media.

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使用YouTube分享日本工匠鸡的人种学合作项目

随着数字媒体的日益普及，文化地理学家继续采用新的机制进行和共享研究成果。本文讨论了一项合作的人种学项目，该项目是我对日本宫崎县的工匠鸡进行的，并作为六个YouTube视频的播放列表共享。尽管没有制作电影的经验，但我发现制作这些协作视频创建了一种机制，可以共享和认可合作者在饲养和零售工匠鸡方面的努力。为了减少不良后果的机会，我明确了该项目的目标，在多个阶段寻求参与者的意见，策划了视频内容，并仔细研究了共享项目的最佳网站和设置。即使采取了这些预防措施，该项目在我作为研究员和视频博客策展人之间产生了紧张关系。最后，我回顾了这个项目的好处，紧张和陷阱。尽管面临挑战，我还是鼓励其他学者反思地寻求数字媒体带来的机会。