anthropologists having sex with research participants
in order to understand a certain practice, such as anonymous sex (Langarita Adiego, 2019:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321773614_On_sex_in_fieldwork_Notes_on_the_methodology_involved_in_the_ethnographic_study_of_anonymous_sex
what the hell
he quotes Foucault multiple times :agony-consuming:
Why the long period and the strict rules of masturbating to only 2D material? Because
ethnographic fieldwork demands such consistency in order to yield results in the form of a
‘thick description’(Geertz, 1973) of the field. It was therefore imperative that I kept living
within my own 2D world during this sexual fieldwork, without resorting to my usual 3D
material, which I sometimes longed for. In that sense, I felt like I was in the physical field
of another culture. I could relate to Malinowski, who during his time among the Tro-
brianders often felt a ‘longing for civilization’(Malinowski, 1989: 148), or for his own
culture as we would say today. 3D is my culture, just like milk and muesli is my breakfast,
and not fish and miso soup, which you might be served for breakfast at a traditional ryokan
in Japan. I can enjoy both, but I think I will never overcome my preference –I wonder if
any of us truly can. And so, it was necessary to be diligent enough to abstain from the
‘milk and muesli’of porn during this experiment, in order to see what happened to my
body on a long diet of ‘fish and miso soup’.
The three months of masturbation to shota comics resulted in 30 entries in my notebook.
Since this essay focuses on the method as such, I will only recount the main findings
briefly and in regards to whether they helped me get closer to understanding the ex-
perience of my research participants.
Excerpt from my field diary after reading a dojinshi by Shigeru from the ‘circle’,or dojinshi group, Shonen Zoom:
incredibly vile description of child pornography
Started reading on the toilet: Boy who is staying with relatives happens to see his same-age
friend masturbate. He can’t let go of this sight ... I continued in bed, arranged the pillows until
I was in a comfortable position, a bit ceremonial. ... The boy is now observing Tokio-kun
through the window, on the veranda, while jerking off. He slips on the snow and is dis-
covered. Tokio-kun angry, but also excited even as he keeps repeating ‘I’m not homo!’. The
boy who has admitted to everything has nothing to lose, so he throws himself over Tokio-kun
and starts sniffing his cock and licking his smooth balls, and while waiting for the shot I
came! (10 September 2021)
holy shit what the fuck is this part
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321773614_On_sex_in_fieldwork_Notes_on_the_methodology_involved_in_the_ethnographic_study_of_anonymous_sex what the hell
he quotes Foucault multiple times :agony-consuming:
kill him :fash-bash: :stalin-gun-1:
incredibly vile description of child pornography
Started reading on the toilet: Boy who is staying with relatives happens to see his same-age friend masturbate. He can’t let go of this sight ... I continued in bed, arranged the pillows until I was in a comfortable position, a bit ceremonial. ... The boy is now observing Tokio-kun through the window, on the veranda, while jerking off. He slips on the snow and is dis- covered. Tokio-kun angry, but also excited even as he keeps repeating ‘I’m not homo!’. The boy who has admitted to everything has nothing to lose, so he throws himself over Tokio-kun and starts sniffing his cock and licking his smooth balls, and while waiting for the shot I came! (10 September 2021)
thats it im not reading anymore kill him
I'm sorry. I did warn people with the CW though
Be glad you didn't read further
Well, you can't say he didn't understand the source material.
:agony-deep: