This ethnographic vignette illustrates a moment that I experienced as an interruption during my ethnographic work. It depicts a common scene observed in the reception hall of the hospital. A family is crying; they hug and comfort each other. It’s not clear if a relative died or if they were told about the prognosis of a family member. After watching this scene, I walked through a hospital corridor in which posters hanging from the walls announced the time of a soccer game between Mexico and New Zealand.
Source
This vignette was written by me based on the field I wrote working in the Tumor Bank of Instituto Nacional de Cancerología based on my fieldnotes, INcan.
Maria Amelia Rodriguez, "Vignette No. 1: Ethnographic pictures.", contributed by Maria Amelia Rodriguez, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 26 August 2019, accessed 26 April 2024. http://www.stsinfrastructures.org/content/vignette-no-1-ethnographic-pictures
Critical Commentary
This ethnographic vignette illustrates a moment that I experienced as an interruption during my ethnographic work. It depicts a common scene observed in the reception hall of the hospital. A family is crying; they hug and comfort each other. It’s not clear if a relative died or if they were told about the prognosis of a family member. After watching this scene, I walked through a hospital corridor in which posters hanging from the walls announced the time of a soccer game between Mexico and New Zealand.