Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ...
Doing fieldwork in one’s own community can be both interesting and complicated. In such research it is always important to be aware of one’s position, both within the community and with regards to the research project. In 2013, we researched stories of álagablettir (Eng. Enchanted Spots) in the Stra...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Philipps-Universität Marburg
2024
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/8691 |
id |
ftdatacite:10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdatacite:10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 2024-04-28T08:25:34+00:00 Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... Jónsdóttir, Dagrún Ósk Jónsson, Jón 2024 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/8691 en eng Philipps-Universität Marburg https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/2024/321/8691/8691.png Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 Methodology Folklore Iceland Enchanted spots Fieldwork JournalArticle article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2024 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 2024-04-02T11:52:33Z Doing fieldwork in one’s own community can be both interesting and complicated. In such research it is always important to be aware of one’s position, both within the community and with regards to the research project. In 2013, we researched stories of álagablettir (Eng. Enchanted Spots) in the Strandir area, Iceland. These enchanted spots are places in nature on which some form of prohibition or enchantment applies, often related to stories of the supernatural, such as hidden people. The article focuses on the methodology of the research, examining both the advantages and complications that can arise when doing fieldwork in one’s community. Mediating the findings of such research back to the community is extremely important. One should not do research on the people of a certain community, but rather with them. Such mediation can also offer an interesting continuance to the project. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
op_collection_id |
ftdatacite |
language |
English |
topic |
Methodology Folklore Iceland Enchanted spots Fieldwork |
spellingShingle |
Methodology Folklore Iceland Enchanted spots Fieldwork Jónsdóttir, Dagrún Ósk Jónsson, Jón Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... |
topic_facet |
Methodology Folklore Iceland Enchanted spots Fieldwork |
description |
Doing fieldwork in one’s own community can be both interesting and complicated. In such research it is always important to be aware of one’s position, both within the community and with regards to the research project. In 2013, we researched stories of álagablettir (Eng. Enchanted Spots) in the Strandir area, Iceland. These enchanted spots are places in nature on which some form of prohibition or enchantment applies, often related to stories of the supernatural, such as hidden people. The article focuses on the methodology of the research, examining both the advantages and complications that can arise when doing fieldwork in one’s community. Mediating the findings of such research back to the community is extremely important. One should not do research on the people of a certain community, but rather with them. Such mediation can also offer an interesting continuance to the project. ... |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Jónsdóttir, Dagrún Ósk Jónsson, Jón |
author_facet |
Jónsdóttir, Dagrún Ósk Jónsson, Jón |
author_sort |
Jónsdóttir, Dagrún Ósk |
title |
Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... |
title_short |
Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... |
title_full |
Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... |
title_fullStr |
Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... |
title_full_unstemmed |
Doing Fieldwork at Home: ... : Enchanted Spots in Strandir Area ... |
title_sort |
doing fieldwork at home: ... : enchanted spots in strandir area ... |
publisher |
Philipps-Universität Marburg |
publishDate |
2024 |
url |
https://dx.doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/8691 |
genre |
Iceland |
genre_facet |
Iceland |
op_relation |
https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/2024/321/8691/8691.png |
op_rights |
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2024.25.8691 |
_version_ |
1797585346864611328 |