Living Through Research and Fieldwork Durations: Rhythm as Methodological Apparatus

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Abstract

Time in research methodologies is often assumed to be transparently representable, and bodies are thought to exist within time. In this paper, we trouble conventional notions of both temporality and embodiment, and that both can be represented transparently and as separate from the research “field.” Drawing on the work of Bergson, Deleuze, Campt, Grosz, Kirby, and others, we develop a concept of fieldwork durations as haptic space-times that “cut together-apart” (Barad, 2007) via rhythmic apparatuses. In so doing, we “queer” (Springgay & Truman, 2019) linear temporality and seek more just conceptualizations of both what and when research and fieldwork entail.

Authors

• MaryJohn R. Pachuta-Rysak, Grand Valley State University

• Lisa A. Mazzei, University of Oregon

• Manas Murthy, University of Oregon