From 'Muddy glee' to muddy reflections on fieldwork and writing
From 'Muddy glee' to muddy reflections on fieldwork and writing
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从“泥泞的欢乐”到对田野调查和写作的泥泞反思
作者：
Thornton S
Bracken和Mawdsley的“泥泞的欢乐”为突出实地工作中的性别歧视和实地工作经验的异质性做出了重要贡献。在过去的几年里，由于COVID-19大流行，许多研究人员从事实地工作的能力也发生了巨大变化。在这里，我们反思Bracken和Mawdsley的论文和我们自己的经验和观点的实地考察，在最近几年。我们讨论了我们以前合著的一篇论文（题为“突破极限”：热带泥炭地研究中的女性经验），以及这些论文的好处（例如，“泥泞的喜悦”和“推动极限”）可能会提供。我们强调在科学中分享个人经验的价值（这通常被视为一个“客观”的空间），以及为自己写作如何成为一种赋权和社区建设行为。
‘Muddy glee’ by Bracken and Mawdsley made an important contribution to highlighting gender discrimination in fieldwork and the heterogeneity of fieldwork experiences. In the past couple of years, the ability of many researchers to engage in fieldwork has also changed dramatically due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Here, we reflect on Bracken and Mawdsley's paper and our own experiences and perspectives of fieldwork in recent years. We discuss a previous paper we co‐authored (entitled ‘Pushing the limits’: experiences of women in tropical peatland research), and the benefits that these papers (e.g., ‘Muddy glee’ and ‘Pushing the limits’) may provide. We highlight the value of sharing personal experiences in science (which is often seen as an ‘objective’ space), and how writing for ourselves can be an empowering and community‐building act.