“Mother-researcher”: articulations and practicalities in a research on care

This article proposes to reflect on practices of doing research on care, from the place of a “mother-researcher”, based on an ethnographic experience in a rural Commune located in a settlement in the rural area of Rio Grande do Sul (BR). Inspired by María Puig de la Bellacasa, we consider that eth...

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Main Author: Daniela Dalbosco Dell'Aglio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2023-04-01
Series:Anuário Antropológico
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Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/anuarioantropologico/article/view/49159
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