Being and Becoming Native: A Methodological Enquiry into Doing Anthropology at Home

Mughal, M.A.Z.

Being and Becoming Native: A Methodological Enquiry into Doing Anthropology at Home

Mughal, M.A.Z.

Authors

M.A.Z. Mughal

Abstract

In this article, I discuss the fact that doing “anthropology at home” involves the same core anthropological methodology as undertaking research abroad. This implies that while doing anthropology at home may have some advantages concerning field practicalities but is equally challenging. There are certain ethical and methodological essentials involved in every anthropological research undertaking. Through my personal experiences of conducting ethnography in Pakistan, I explain that doing anthropology at home does not make exceptions for the researcher in terms of these ethical and methodological aspects.

Citation

Mughal, M. (2015). Being and Becoming Native: A Methodological Enquiry into Doing Anthropology at Home. Anthropological notebooks, 21(1), 121-132

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Jun 5, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Jul 23, 2015
Journal	Anthropological notebooks
Print ISSN	1408-032X
Publisher	Slovene Anthropological Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	21
Issue	1
Pages	121-132
Keywords	Anthropology at home, Positionality, Ethnography, History of anthropology, Research methodology, Pakistan.
Publisher URL	http://www.drustvo-antropologov.si/AN/2015_1_eng.html