Accompaniment with Im/Migrant Communities

"This collection brings together the experiences and voices of anthropologists whose engaged work with im/migrant communities pushes the boundaries of ethnography toward a feminist care-based, decolonial mode of ethnographic engagement called "accompaniment." Accompaniment as anthropological research and praxis troubles the boundaries of researcher-participant, scholar-activist, and academic-community members to explicitly address issues of power, inequality, and the broader social purpose of the work. More than two dozen contributors show how accompaniment is not merely a mode of knowledge production but an ethical commitment that calls researchers to action in solidarity and with those whose lives we seek to understand. The volume stands as a collective conversation about possibilities for caring and decolonial forms of ethnographic engagement with im/migrant communities. This volume is ideal for scholars, students, immigrant activists, instructors, and those interested in social justice work. Contributors Carolina Alonso Bejarano Anna Aziza Grewe Alaska Burdette Whitney L. Duncan Carlos Escalante Villagran Christina M. Getrich Tobin Hansen Lauren Heidbrink Dan Heiman Josiah Heyman Sarah Horton Nolan Kline Alana M. W. LeBrâon Lupe Lâopez William D. Lopez Aida Lâopez Huinil Mirian A. Mijangos Garcâia Nicole L. Novak Mariela Nuänez-Janes Ana Ortez-Rivera Juan Edwin Pacay Mendoza Salvador Brandon Pacay Mendoza Marâia Engracia Robles Robles Delmis Umanzor Erika Vargas Reyes Kristin E. Yarris "--