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Image of a side of a home painted blue, with a pink and gold door. Trees and bushes overlap with the home in this image.
23 February 2026

Being a Mehmaan: Ethnographic Fieldwork and Belonging

In our ECR Spotlight series: What does it mean to conduct ethnographic fieldwork and live closely with people who share some identities, while negotiating space for other identities? Mano Mandal reflects on ‘belonging’ through ambiguous linguistic categories, while doing ethnographic fieldwork as a transgender researcher, working with cisgender people.

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