Reflexiones sobre confusiones y situaciones de invisibilidad en el trabajo de campo etnográfico

Abstract

This article is the result of a joint reflection that arose exchanging our experiences in the fieldwork. Though we work with different subjects, themes and contexts, we will reflect on the conflicts and confusions that may arose during the research process; we will analyze the way in which our role as investigators can appeared completely blurred or invisible in the social relations established in the field. Given that the confusions or complications that may arose during the process of fieldwork itself can cause a reflective knowledge, we will analyse these situations emphasizing the importance these experiences can acquire in the investigation itself, in our ethnographies and even in the information we obtain. Reflecting on ourselves and on the possible roles we play for the ‘other’ in the process of construction of knowledge we can turn our subjectivity into a useful tool for a better knowledge of what we intend to study.