Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Description
Embodied fieldwork during fertility rituals in Montenegro (2017–2018), where son preference persists, revealed how the body can become a site of knowledge. After participating in rituals aimed at conceiving a male child, I became pregnant and gave birth to a son. This experience challenged the notion of detached fieldwork and deepened my understanding of the women I worked with. Fieldwork emerges as ongoing and embodied, blurring boundaries between researcher and field, personal and professional life.
Period
4 Jun 2025
Event title
17th International Congress of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore: Unwriting: Unwriting