tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post1050499200170633865..comments2024-01-27T20:23:45.771+00:00Comments on Sulci Collective: The Moral Responsibility Of The Author Part 2Sulci Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03293833259808943096noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179795275664264195.post-812219802474761252013-02-10T15:02:21.066+00:002013-02-10T15:02:21.066+00:00Yes I think you've pinned it down when you tal...Yes I think you've pinned it down when you talk of her lack of self-reflection on her motives for the book and her involvement with them. I guess she wanted to shine light and to do that needed to get close but I absolutely agree about how her very involvement would skew things, particularly to the level she then got involved and intervened/interfered. Perhaps she began as an observer but became ensnared during the process. This is certainly not an ethnography where the researcher attempts not to put their own bias on the interpretation. I agree it's important to hear these stories although unlikely (but not impossible) that we will hear direct from an author coming out of this environment. Otherwise as you say, it has that sense of colonialism and educating the 'barbarians'. There is a moral high ground assumed. On balance yes it's problematic that this is now a piece of purchasable entertainment rather than a policy document. Also the cover is all the author rather than a quieter pointer to being a record of the lives of these guys in the kind of society in which they live. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com