Mindful Ethnography

This book draws linkages between the recent proliferation of "mindfulness" practices and the research methods utilized in ethnography. Using examples from her work as an ethnographer in various projects over the last twenty years, the author shows how mindfulness practices can bring out the best that ethnography has to offer.

Marjorie Elaine Faulstich Orellana is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, the associate director of the Center for the Study of International Migration and the director of faculty for the Teacher Education Program. Her ethnographic research centers on immigrant youth in urban schools and communities.

List of Figures and Boxes Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Conceptual Framings: Ethnography, Epistemology, Mindfulness and Non-Duality Interlude I: Holding the Weight of the Analytical Mind Lightly Chapter 2: Entering the Field with Open Heart and Mind Interlude II: Feeling the "Suchness" of a Space Chapter 3: Getting In and Along: Connecting with Clarity and Compassion Interlude III: Revisiting a City Corner Chapter 4: Being there Now, Again: Writing Up Field Notes Interlude IV: Pause Chapter 5: Analysis: Let it Settle Itself Interlude V: On the Writing of this Book Chapter 6: Re-Presentations Interlude VI: Meditations on Writing: Connecting Mind, Heart and Earth Chapter 7: Letting Go