Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldwork

The embodied, emotional experiences of the participant-researcher during fieldwork can yield useful information on the social setting influencing interpreting practices when analyzed as part of ethnographic research designs. This paper presents examples of methods for collecting and analyzing somati...

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Main Author: Sari Hokkanen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Sydney University 2017-04-01
Series:Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research
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Online Access:http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/572/268
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description The embodied, emotional experiences of the participant-researcher during fieldwork can yield useful information on the social setting influencing interpreting practices when analyzed as part of ethnographic research designs. This paper presents examples of methods for collecting and analyzing somatic and affective field experiences, occurring during the simultaneous interpreting of church services, as well as the insights gained from the analysis of such experiences. The discussion is based on my autoethnographic PhD research on simultaneous interpreting in church
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spelling doaj.art-dcfae897e4544852b85340ff4dfe72492022-12-21T17:16:53ZengWestern Sydney UniversityTranslation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research1836-93242017-04-019110.12807/ti.109201.2017.a03Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldworkSari HokkanenThe embodied, emotional experiences of the participant-researcher during fieldwork can yield useful information on the social setting influencing interpreting practices when analyzed as part of ethnographic research designs. This paper presents examples of methods for collecting and analyzing somatic and affective field experiences, occurring during the simultaneous interpreting of church services, as well as the insights gained from the analysis of such experiences. The discussion is based on my autoethnographic PhD research on simultaneous interpreting in churchhttp://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/572/268embodimentemotionfieldworkethnographyautoethnographyresearch methods
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Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldwork
Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research
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title Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldwork
title_full Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldwork
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title_full_unstemmed Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldwork
title_short Analyzing personal embodied experiences: Autoethnography, feelings, and fieldwork
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url http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/572/268
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