Researching the OtherIssues of agency and voice in

ethnographic fieldwork with young girslL i n d a D u i t s

Outline

part 1

part 2

What to wear to school?

heafdscarves

porno chic

Girls bodies denial of agency

decency

feminismchurch and state

consumer culture

Islam

Girls’ bodies

who gains?

decency

feminism church and state

consumer culture

Islam

Solutions

Ethnographic approachSubcultural approach

Feminist approach

Where/what is girl culture?

PhD project

Allochthonous vs autochthonous

“are you a movie star?” vs

leftish researcher in staff room

ethnicity all around vs

ethnicity nowhere to be seen

Does voice imply agency?

Gender and ethnicityInfluence spheresInterpretative repertoires

Disciplining discourse not Islam or consumerism

Does voice imply agency?

Girls do critique the structures around them

Concluding remarks

identities not self-evident

identities not vision of individual subject

differences in experience

differences relate to one another

more than just a girlmore than just a Moroccan

do not study the

Other

Thank you!

correspondence to:

Linda Duits l.duits@uva.nlhttp://lindaduits.nl lalalalinder