Saglam, Erol;
(2021)
Darkness Unbound. Insights from Ethnographic Research with Nationalist Groups in Contemporary Turkey.
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie (ZfE) / Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology (JSCA)
, 146
(1-2)
pp. 129-153.
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Abstract
Drawing on anthropological research conducted with nationalist communities in northeast Turkey, this article reflects on methodological, analytical, and ethical questions arising out of ethnographic engagements with communities that support anti-democratic and authoritarian policies, circulate xenophobic or racist discourses and conspiracy theories, and participate in vigilante violence against minorities and political dissenters. Focusing on how I managed to gain access and establish rapport with my interlocutors despite our different ethico-political ideals and goals, the article aims to underline how the frank acknowledgement of this irreconcilability allows us to get a better grasp of the violent nationalisms we live by and how they can generate new methodological, theoretical and ethical pathways for future research.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Darkness Unbound. Insights from Ethnographic Research with Nationalist Groups in Contemporary Turkey |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/27124150 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | nationalism, radical right, violence, ethnography, subjectivity, ethics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198925 |
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