“Will you be a nun, too?”: Reflections from the Field

Merve Çeltikci

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“Will you be a nun, too?”: Reflections from the Field

Yazarlar:

Merve Çeltikci

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kadın Araştırmaları

Dergi:

Fe Dergi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.258-278

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295001

pISSN:

1309-128X

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Özet:

 How and why cant a research be done? What should we do if we cannot obtain enough information as a feminist researcher? What should we or shouldnt do if our research consists of questions we cant ask, appointments we barely make, and waiting for days? From our informants to our attempts, to the solutions we found for the course of the research and the issues we prefer to keep silent about, how does it make us feel? Or how does research position us? In this article, some situations encountered in the fieldwork of my doctoral thesis, which is still ongoing and which focused on the unconditional labor of Orthodox and Catholic nuns in Turkey from a feminist anthropological perspective, are shared. In this context, from choosing a research topic to feminist dilemmas, positionality, to how we feel about our attempts, whether we make on or not as a feminist researcher, various information that we can call self-reflective, which emphasized the background rather than the visible face of research, is included. So how do we deal with the difficulties we experience during the research process as a feminist researcher? What makes the background of a research so important, from the choice of topic to the difficulties we experience in the field, is that the researcher themselves is visible in this process. Therefore, this article is based on the information obtained from the field study part of the doctoral thesis. Rather, it is mostly based on the researchers early experiences and observations about the study. In this respect, the study also shows us how the religious identity attributed to the researcher, the researchers gender and perspective were decisive in the course of the research.

 How and why cant a research be done? What should we do if we cannot obtain enough information as a feminist researcher? What should we or shouldnt do if our research consists of questions we cant ask, appointments we barely make, and waiting for days? From our informants to our attempts, to the solutions we found for the course of the research and the issues we prefer to keep silent about, how does it make us feel? Or how does research position us? In this article, some situations encountered in the fieldwork of my doctoral thesis, which is still ongoing and which focused on the unconditional labor of Orthodox and Catholic nuns in Turkey from a feminist anthropological perspective, are shared. In this context, from choosing a research topic to feminist dilemmas, positionality, to how we feel about our attempts, whether we make on or not as a feminist researcher, various information that we can call self-reflective, which emphasized the background rather than the visible face of research, is included. So how do we deal with the difficulties we experience during the research process as a feminist researcher? What makes the background of a research so important, from the choice of topic to the difficulties we experience in the field, is that the researcher themselves is visible in this process. Therefore, this article is based on the information obtained from the field study part of the doctoral thesis. Rather, it is mostly based on the researchers early experiences and observations about the study. In this respect, the study also shows us how the religious identity attributed to the researcher, the researchers gender and perspective were decisive in the course of the research.

 How and why cant a research be done? What should we do if we cannot obtain enough information as a feminist researcher? What should we or shouldnt do if our research consists of questions we cant ask, appointments we barely make, and waiting for days? From our informants to our attempts, to the solutions we found for the course of the research and the issues we prefer to keep silent about, how does it make us feel? Or how does research position us? In this article, some situations encountered in the fieldwork of my doctoral thesis, which is still ongoing and which focused on the unconditional labor of Orthodox and Catholic nuns in Turkey from a feminist anthropological perspective, are shared. In this context, from choosing a research topic to feminist dilemmas, positionality, to how we feel about our attempts, whether we make on or not as a feminist researcher, various information that we can call self-reflective, which emphasized the background rather than the visible face of research, is included. So how do we deal with the difficulties we experience during the research process as a feminist researcher? What makes the background of a research so important, from the choice of topic to the difficulties we experience in the field, is that the researcher themselves is visible in this process. Therefore, this article is based on the information obtained from the field study part of the doctoral thesis. Rather, it is mostly based on the researchers early experiences and observations about the study. In this respect, the study also shows us how the religious identity attributed to the researcher, the researchers gender and perspective were decisive in the course of the research.

 Bir araştırma nasıl ve niçin yapılamaz? Feminist bir araştırmacı olarak edinemediğimiz bilgiler edinebildiklerimizden fazla olduğunda ya da geçiştirildiğimizde neleri yapmamalıyız? Araştırmamız bazen bize verilen eksik bilgiler, soramadığımız sorular, oldukça zor kopardığımız randevular ve günlerce beklemekten ibaretse nasıl bir yol izlemeliyiz? Bilgi kaynaklarımızdan tutalım girişimlerimize, araştırmanın seyri için bulduğumuz çözümlere ve sessiz kalmayı tercih ettiğimiz meselelere kadar araştırma bize kendimizi nasıl hissettiriyor? Ya da bizi nasıl konumlandırıyor? Bu makalede, devam etmekte olan, Türkiyedeki Ortodoks ve Katolik rahibelerin karşılıksız emeğini feminist antropolojik bakış açısıyla konu edinen doktora tezimin alan çalışmasında karşılaşılan kimi durumlar paylaşılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda feminist bir araştırmacının yaşayabileceği ikilemlerden, konumlanışı, bulunduğu veya bulunamadığı girişimler hakkında neler hissedebileceğine kadar bir araştırmanın görünen yüzünden daha çok arka planını öne çıkaran özdüşünümsel diyebileceğimiz çeşitli bilgilere yer verilmiştir. Konu seçiminden alan çalışmasında yaşadığımız zorluklara kadar bir araştırmanın arka planını bu denli önemli kılan araştırmacının kendisinin de bu süreçte görünür olması değil midir? Söz konusu araştırmanın alan çalışması kısmından elde edilen bu bilgiler, araştırmacının çoğunlukla başlangıcındaki deneyim ve gözlemlerine dayanmaktadır. Bu yönüyle de çalışma bize, araştırmacıya atfedilen dinsel kimlik, araştırmacının toplumsal cinsiyeti ve perspektifinin araştırmanın gidişatında ne kadar belirleyici olduğunu göstermektedir.

Makale detayları

“Will you be a nun, too?”: Reflections from the Field

Yazarlar:

Merve Çeltikci

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kadın Araştırmaları

Dergi:

Fe Dergi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.258-278

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295001

pISSN:

1309-128X

antropology

feminist research

fieldworks

nuns

reflexivityrahibeler

antropoloji

özdüşünümsellik

alan araştırması

feminist araştırma

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Merve Çeltikci

Yayıncı: Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar: Kadın Araştırmaları

Dergi: Fe Dergi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.258-278

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001295001

pISSN: 1309-128X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Merve Çeltikci

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kadın Araştırmaları

Dergi:

Fe Dergi Vol.15 Issue 1, pp.258-278

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295001

pISSN:

1309-128X