Reflections on the flow of emotion in environmental research

In this article I provide a reflexive account of my emotions both prior to and during fieldwork. I begin with a personal narrative that explores my motivations for conducting a study on a pertinent environmental issue – river pollution. My comparative ethnographic fieldwork in two different soc...

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Main Author:	Tajuddin, Nor Azlin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	World Anthropologies Network 2010
Subjects:	GN Anthropology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/35379/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35379/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35379/1/NA_tajuddin.pdf

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spelling	iium-353792016-03-22T07:24:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35379/ Reflections on the flow of emotion in environmental research Tajuddin, Nor Azlin GN Anthropology In this article I provide a reflexive account of my emotions both prior to and during fieldwork. I begin with a personal narrative that explores my motivations for conducting a study on a pertinent environmental issue – river pollution. My comparative ethnographic fieldwork in two different socio-cultural and environmental settings, that of the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur and the Torrens River in Adelaide, yielded stories, pictures, and/or a spectrum of emotions about people’s interactions with the rivers, some of which resonated with my own. On the one hand, positive emotions during fieldwork were triggered, for example, when I observed colourful flora and fauna in certain section of the rivers. On the other hand, I experienced negative feelings when I observed floating rubbish and trash racks installed across the rivers. I describe these personal fieldwork experiences, alongside a discussion about my own reflections. Finally, and in light of my fieldwork experience, I briefly suggest implications for ethnographic research and methodological practice. World Anthropologies Network 2010 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35379/1/NA_tajuddin.pdf Tajuddin, Nor Azlin (2010) Reflections on the flow of emotion in environmental research. World Anthropologies Network, 5. pp. 85-96. http://www.ram-wan.net/documents/05_e_Journal/journal-5/5-tajuddin.pdf
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description	In this article I provide a reflexive account of my emotions both prior to and during fieldwork. I begin with a personal narrative that explores my motivations for conducting a study on a pertinent environmental issue – river pollution. My comparative ethnographic fieldwork in two different socio-cultural and environmental settings, that of the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur and the Torrens River in Adelaide, yielded stories, pictures, and/or a spectrum of emotions about people’s interactions with the rivers, some of which resonated with my own. On the one hand, positive emotions during fieldwork were triggered, for example, when I observed colourful flora and fauna in certain section of the rivers. On the other hand, I experienced negative feelings when I observed floating rubbish and trash racks installed across the rivers. I describe these personal fieldwork experiences, alongside a discussion about my own reflections. Finally, and in light of my fieldwork experience, I briefly suggest implications for ethnographic research and methodological practice.
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