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This article aims to analyze the performative nature of ethnographic fieldwork and its ontological principles.

The Invisible Theatre of Ethnography: Performative Principles of Fieldwork

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Conceptual exploration rethinks ethnography’s performative nature, emphasizing fieldwork in cultural contexts.

This article aims to analyze the performative nature of ethnographic fieldwork and its ontological principles.
Conceptual analysis of fieldwork's performativity and immersion versus surface methods.
Distinction between 'being in fieldwork' and 'doing fieldwork' in ethnographic research.
Analysis of existing literature on ethnographic representation and cultural production.
Identified the need to differentiate types of ethnographic research: immersive vs surface methods.
Highlighted the importance of performativity in the practice of fieldwork.
Proposed that a new understanding of ontological principles could reshape ethnographic research design.

Quetzil E. Castañeda (2006) studied this question.

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