“I Grew Up a Working-Class Evangelical”: Lived Experience, Intersubjectivity, and Ethnography

SAGE Open

Amy M. Lane¹ 

关键词: ethnography;    everyday life;    intersubjectivity;    lived experience;    lived religion;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244014563045

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

This article explores three ways intersubjectivity is implicated in an ethnography of the lived experience of members of an interfaith and labor coalition. First challenging dualistic thinking and the strict application of typologies, I emphasize the importance of understanding faith practices through the study of lived experience. When one studies lived experience, several layers of intersubjectivity are at play. Because I grew up in a religious, working-class family, aspects of my life now serve as cultural capital in understanding the daily challenges of coalition participants who redefine the institutional boundaries between religion and work. Furthermore, field interactions between the researcher and participants affect members’ explanations of their activism. Finally, the life of the ethnographer is affected by the overall experience of fieldwork.

【 授权许可】

CC BY