The Gaze and the Gesture: Hypervisible Insiderness and the Politics of Recognition in Somali Ethnography
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Published online on January 27, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 377-400, June 2026.
Ethnographic scholarship increasingly recognizes the complexity of researcher positionality, yet often overlooks how visibility reshapes field relations. This article reconceptualizes positionality as a situational practice shaped by embodiment, ...
Ethnographic scholarship increasingly recognizes the complexity of researcher positionality, yet often overlooks how visibility reshapes field relations. This article reconceptualizes positionality as a situational practice shaped by embodiment, ...