The Research Imagination During Covid-19: Rethinking Norms of Group Size and Authorship in Anthropological and Anthropology-adjacent Collaborations

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aut.relation.endpage370
aut.relation.issue4
aut.relation.journalAnthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology
aut.relation.startpage351
aut.relation.volume32
dc.contributor.authorLong, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorAppleton, Nayantara Sheoran
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Sharyn
dc.contributor.authorDeckert, Antje
dc.contributor.authorSterling, Rogena
dc.contributor.authorTunufa'I, Laumua
dc.contributor.authorAikman, Pounamu Jade
dc.contributor.authorFehoko, Edmond
dc.contributor.authorHolroyd, Eleanor
dc.contributor.authorJivray, Naseem
dc.contributor.authorLaws, Megan
dc.contributor.authorMartin-Anatias, Nelly
dc.contributor.authorReegan, Pukepuke
dc.contributor.authorRoguski, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Nikita
dc.contributor.authorTrnka, Susanna
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T22:13:50Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T22:13:50Z
dc.date.copyright2023-03-05
dc.description.abstractThis article explores some of the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a collective critical event for anthropologists and other social scientists, examining how it has promoted new configurations of the research imagination. We draw on our own experiences of participating in a team of 17 researchers, hailing from anthropology and anthropology-adjacent disciplines, to research social life in Aotearoa/New Zealand during the pandemic, examining how our own research imaginations were transformed during, and via, the process of our collaboration. When our project first began, many of us had doubts reflective of norms, prejudices and anxieties that are common in our disciplines: that the group would be too large to function effectively, or that it would be impossible to develop an approach to authorship that would allow everyone to feel their contributions had been adequately recognised. In practice, the large group size was a key strength in allowing our group to work effectively. Difficulties with authorship did not arise from within the group but from disconnects between our preferred ways of working and the ways authorship was imagined within various professional and publishing bodies. We conclude that large-scale collaborations have many points in their favour, and that the research imaginations of funders, journals, universities and professional associations should be broadened to ensure that they are encouraged, supported and adequately rewarded.
dc.identifier.citationAnthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology, ISSN: 0066-4677 (Print), Taylor and Francis Group, 32(4), 351-370. doi: 10.1080/00664677.2023.2169250
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00664677.2023.2169250
dc.identifier.issn0066-4677
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15945
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00664677.2023.2169250
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject1601 Anthropology
dc.subject1699 Other Studies in Human Society
dc.subjectAnthropology
dc.subject4401 Anthropology
dc.titleThe Research Imagination During Covid-19: Rethinking Norms of Group Size and Authorship in Anthropological and Anthropology-adjacent Collaborations
dc.typeJournal Article
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