When the Going Gets Weird: An Invitation to Gonzo Sociology

Wozniak, Jesse

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“…Something I have done elsewhere (Jacobsen et al, 2020; Lund, 2020a, 2020b). It allowed me the tools to conduct “(…) wild, immersive, and messy research which captures the imagination rather than speaking to narrow debates” (Wozniak, 2014, p. 471)—and hopefully what I have written has done so. Through the notion of becoming as described by St. Pierre, to Burawoy’s extended case method and public sociology, to Alvesson and Kärreman’s breakdown driven research, to Thompson’s gonzo approach, I could “reclaim” or “rediscover” my research object and also attempt to report my findings.…”

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“…I mulled endlessly over my research and my inability to focus and rethink my project—even considering what I was doing in this job and if I should find something else to do with my life. In what follows, I will try to tell the story of how this changed through what I later came to call a form of gonzo 3 sociology or research (Kumm & Pate, 2018; Sefcovic, 1995; Wozniak, 2014). Thus, this article is not just a methodological discussion and neither a report of my findings, instead, adhering to gonzo research, it is the story of how my research and choice of methods came about, told as a narrative.…”

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Prolonged Grief Disorder: An Implementation Gone Awry and a Researcher Going Gonzo

Lund

2021

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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In this article I discuss the muddled implementation of Prolonged Grief Disorder in a Danish context. I do this by drawing on my fieldwork, which has been ongoing during the last couple of years. I begin by describing how my initial research design suffered a breakdown that mirrored the breakdown in the implementation of the Prolonged Grief Disorder diagnoses. This breakdown became defining for my work and through the application of what I call gonzo sociology I was able to critically engage in the field of grief research in Denmark. I describe what gonzo research is, and then, following this, I tell the story of how I stumbled into the field of grief research in Denmark and the process of realization I went through. The article is thus structured as a narrative that relays both how I came to embrace gonzo research as a form of methodology, but also the story of what my encounters in the field showed me. I do this because I cannot separate the story of how I went about it from what I came to discover—methods, theory and results are intertwined. Gonzo research aims at going into the field and participating, co-creating the discoveries and pushing the boundaries for research, both in its way of doing research and in its way of reporting said research. Thus, the form of the article is alternative and balances between journalistic endeavor, academic research and autoethnography.

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Prolonged Grief Disorder: An Implementation Gone Awry and a Researcher Going Gonzo

Lund

2021

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…O sociólogo, inclusive, escreveu sobre a experiência que teve ao participar do treinamento da polícia do Curdistão, no Iraque, justamente na época da chamada primavera árabe, em 2011. Lá, Wozniak viveu o cotidiano das tropas curdas e desmistificou algumas ideias a respeito da região, como a de que não há vida além dos conflitos do local (Wozniak, 2014). Uma das qualidades da chamada sociologia gonzo, entretanto, acaba por se tornar um de seus principais defeitos.…”

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“…Em um artigo sobre o assunto, Wozniak adota uma perspetiva que talvez seja extremamente pessoal, relatando, por exemplo, os problemas burocráticos enfrentados para conseguir financiamento para a pesquisa. Quase não se "ouvem", porém, as "vozes" dos pesquisados (Wozniak, 2014).…”

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Possíveis contribuições da etnografia para o estudo e a prática do jornalismo em tempos de crise

Carvalho

2018

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“…Several social scientists have built upon the ideas of activist anthropology while engaging other theories and methodologies-including the unique writings of Hunter S. Sefcovic 1995;Wozniak 2014). In 2016, a colleague and I presented a paper outlining our own take on the gonzo approach to ethnographic theory that I will be utilizing in my thesis research (Genovese and Magaña 2016).…”

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The New Right Stuff: Social Imaginaries of Outer Space and the Capitalist Accumulation of the Cosmos

Genovese¹

2017

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This thesis utilizes ethnographic and historical data in order to propose that the trajectory of outer space imaginaries—and therefore, as will be demonstrated, the future realities of outer space affairs—has drifted from peaceful exploration to violent exploitation due to the rise of private space corporations (operating under the moniker of NewSpace). This is partially due to the increasing acceptance of neoliberal capitalism within the United States—and much of the Global North—since the 1970s. Furthermore, NewSpace companies —which now possess multi-billion dollar contracts with governmental space agencies—are zealous adopters of neoliberal economics, and these philosophies are tied to colonial conceptions of the individual, limited governance, unchecked resource extraction, and frontier mentalities. These concepts became apparent during my multi-sited ethnographic investigations of NewSpace—as well as governmental—facilities and museums. This thesis argues that these hegemonic economic ontologies must be met with resistance from social scientists, science fiction authors, and the public in order to create a human future in outer space that is equitable, decolonized, and democratic.

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When the Going Gets Weird: An Invitation to Gonzo Sociology

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Prolonged Grief Disorder: An Implementation Gone Awry and a Researcher Going Gonzo

Prolonged Grief Disorder: An Implementation Gone Awry and a Researcher Going Gonzo

Possíveis contribuições da etnografia para o estudo e a prática do jornalismo em tempos de crise

The New Right Stuff: Social Imaginaries of Outer Space and the Capitalist Accumulation of the Cosmos

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