Input: Ethnographic research in contentious settings. Reporting from ...

The result of the Brexit in the UK as well as the outcome of the presidential election in the US have been interpreted in a critical introspection as signs of a gap between actors of the public discourse and a part of the population which has been underrepresented and therefore misunderstood. This workshop problematized this self-critical narrative of the cultural and social shift and discussed the role of ethnographic knowledge in the future. The presentation drew on ethnographic research in the London social movements against gentrification to outline different roles available to ethnographers.