Ethnographies in Pan Pacific Research ─ Tensions and Positionings

The book is about exciting ethnographic happenings in the vibrant and growing global interface which includes Australia, New Zealand, and some of the Asian geographical regions, as well as - more broadly - the global South. It explores ethnographic writing as culture(s) (re)produced, positionalities of authors, tensions between authors and others, multi-faceted groups, and as co-productions of these works. The contributors describe and discuss a variety of topical areas of interest, from Facebook to memory work, from children's sexuality to urban racism, from meanings of Indigenous knowledge to how communities can come together to retain what is valuable to themselves. The authors also manage to locate themselves and others (positionings) in the research hierarchies (tensions). This is a valuable guide to the effects of 21st-century ethnography on the qualitative research project.

Robert E. Rinehart is Associate Professor in Sport & Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato.

elke emerald is a Senior Lecturer in The School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia.

Rangi Matamua of Tuhoe is a senior lecturer based in the School of Maori and Pacific Development at Waikato University.