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Introduction and Institutions | Power and Politics of/in Ethnographic Research (PAPER) Series

This is a recording of the first seminar in the Power and Politics in Ethnographic Research (PAPER) Seminar Series, Introduction and Institutions with Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Toyin Agbetu, UCL outsources workers and members of IWGB. PAPER is an event series that seeks to explore Power and Politics in/of Ethnographic Research. It will address the intersectional questions of decoloniality (anti-racism, anti-colonialism, class, (dis)ability, and gender/sexual discrimination) in ethnographic fieldwork across its multiple stages. In the four seminars, we will host an open space where all researchers can reflect on issues of decoloniality, and firmly embed this praxis into the ethical process of our anthropological work. How can research praxis move beyond institutional legacies of colonialism? What are the potentialities and limits of participant-observation? How do we relate with research participants? What responsibilities do we have towards them while representing their worlds? Trigger Warning: This series may include content that is distressing or uncomfortable, as we address examples of microaggressions in our department, intergenerational trauma and other forms of violence as a result of our discipline’s colonial history. If at any time you need to leave the ‘room’, log-off, and take some time for yourself, please feel free to do so. The host can re-admit you (just send them a message if you’re able to so they can keep an eye on the waiting room). Who are PAPER? We are a small team, based at UCL’s Anthropology department, organising a series of seminars and workshops across the 2021 academic year. We are funded by UCL Changemakers and UCL Anthropology’s Anti-Racism Committee (ARC). The project itself was developed as a direct response to calls from UCL Anthropology PhD cohorts to address and implement anti-racist research practice, alongside our personal reflections (and frustrations) on the historical legacy of colonialism in anthropology, and our own experiences of ethnographic training. We, the organisers, are a group of researchers who are also in the process of de-learning and addressing their own positionality within these complex topics. Whilst by no means experts on decoloniality, we are dedicated to structural institutional change by creating a space to discuss and challenge current fieldwork training and the pedagogy of ethical praxis. This is a recording of the event held on 9 February 2021 at UCL Anthropology.