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Centre for Ethnographic Research

Description

The Centre for Ethnographic Research aims to promote ethnographic research and create an intellectual community among ethnographers from different disciplines within and beyond the University of Kent.

It pays particular attention to ethnographic practice, including innovations in ways of being in the field, and new modes of dissemination, representation, and impact. The Centre aims to cultivate interdisciplinary ethnographic initiatives, engage in debates about ethnographic representation, and contribute to the production of theory regarding the making of ethnography.

Conceived at the turn of the nineteenth century as a critical response to the colonial encounter, ethnography first flourished as a method of dealing with readily perceptible alterity. In the course of the twentieth century, globalisation and critical engagement have led to a kaleidoscopic explosion of alterity and a consequent diversification of ethnographic practice.

Today, ethnography is practised in the most varied areas of enquiry: across social science disciplines, in the arts, marketing, political activism, health and medical science. As an indispensable means of grappling with human diversity, ethnographic methods have become a central tool for the informed interpretation of local, as well as global, interactions. The ethnographic approach embraces multiple research possibilities and an enormous variety of themes. But most importantly, ethnography continues to change. The Centre for Ethnographic Research aims to play a significant role in this transformation.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Contact details

University Of Kent At Canterbury
The Registry
Canterbury
CT2 7NZ
United Kingdom
Website: https://research.kent.ac.uk/cer/
  • @KentEthnography

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  • University-based infrastructure
  • Centre

Project Tags

  • Anthropology & Ethnography tag
  • Art tag
  • Health tag
  • Language tag
  • Literature tag
  • Medicine tag
  • Science tag
  • Social Science tag

University affiliation(s)

University of Kent
Canterbury

Last modified:

2023-09-20 15:00:16

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