Category: reflections

Crossing Borders to Do Fieldwork: Towards an Honest Conversation

13 March 2026 Marcos Emilio Pérez Doing transnational qualitative fieldwork as a graduate student can be an incredible experience. The opportunity to learn about other people’s lives, explore a topic you care about, and hone your skills make ethnography both personally and professionally rewarding. However, it is also a very demanding endeavor, especially for early-career…

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(Un)knowing the Sea

17 August 2025 Indu Poornima I thought I knew the sea … The sea disciplines itself into a rhythmic tranquillity, insisting that I let go of the unforgiving cacophony in my head. Occasionally, it would send lost belongings, floating on its waters, for me to find. I kept some — they claimed space in the…

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