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Ethnography, Ethics and the GDPR: Three Misconceptions and One Concern

Since 2018, personal data collected, stored, or otherwise processed in the European Union must comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). I would like to share some misunderstandings about the GDPR and also check if my understanding of the GDPR is shared.

Erik Bähre • 22-05-2025

Decentring Heritage through Una Europa

What does ‘heritage’ mean for different stakeholders? How can we problematise and decentre heritage from a multi-disciplinary perspective?

Megan Rodrigues + 1 other • 17-04-2025

Communicative Possibilities: Reflections on the Ethnographic Interview

In social scientific projects, methodology and ethics are inextricably linked. In this blog post, I explore how the ethnographic interview contains possibilities for both connection and rupture with interlocutors via reflecting on my own fieldwork.

Siddharth Divakaruni • 19-03-2025

Rolling warm-ups, or writing up a book as if it were a skate session

Academia has systems to control knowledge production to safeguard its claims. But these systems need not control our playful criticality. Writing ethnographic texts as if they were a skate session may be a tactic that resists logics of restraint – carving out space for play amongst academic rigour.

Sander Hölsgens + 1 other • 07-10-2024

Grounded sprinting: Experiences with collaborative theorizing

How can social scientists work together with research participants to create new knowledge on issues of public concern? Our experiences studying Instagram with young adults showed us that collaborative theorizing is not only possible, but also that it can teach everyone involved valuable lessons.

John Boy + 1 other • 16-09-2024

Organizing a ‘listening circle’ in the field: speaking about inclusion and trust

Dutch policy practitioners seek to cooperate with citizens in ethno-racially diverse and disadvantaged neighborhoods. How does this turn out in the face of social inequalities and societal distrust? Drawing on his fieldwork experience, Yannick Drijfhout shows how trust and inclusion play contentious roles.

Yannick Drijfhout • 31-05-2024

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