COVID-19 is reorienting ethnographic fieldwork in Africa towards digital methodologies

Storer, Liz (2021) COVID-19 is reorienting ethnographic fieldwork in Africa towards digital methodologies. Africa at LSE (20 May 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Virtual methodologies for remote fieldwork have become commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, often driven by research interests in Europe to collect data in Africa. But changing practices and new possibilities raise ethical and theoretical implications. LSE’s Dr Liz Storer recaps a recent panel addressing these concerns and distinguishes between the relevance of old and new ethnographic questions.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa Geography and Environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2021 13:06
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 13:22
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/111240

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