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Those Moments Sketching : New Essentials From Apprenticeship-Based Fieldwork

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This article sheds light on sketch drawing within ethnographic apprenticeship, using the author’s sketches of a traditional hunter-gatherer practice in northern Japan as examples. By examining both the process and products of fieldwork, the unique and dynamic characteristics of sketching are showcased. Sketches can amplify and abstract, shift perspectives, suspend articulation, draw attention to the absent, and share new imaginations. The article emphasizes that the time lag found in between the moment to be sketched, the moment sketching, and the moment to view the sketches is essential to the methodological foundations and possibilities of sketching.

Source: Qualitative Inquiry

DOI: 10.1177/10778004261442778

Author: Yosuke Washiya

Institution: Tohoku University

Language: English

Topic: Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,900

Funder: Inamori Foundation