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So I’m currently writing my PhD application in history. The project is concerned with everyday life of another ethnicity than my own, which in my own opinion is unproblematic, but which need an awareness because of historical relationships.
This is something I’ll have to adress in my application, but I haven’t managed to find any serious treatment of the topic. Therefore, do you know any works adressing the methodological consequences of writing outside your own ethnicity, especially when the subjects has a strained relationships to your own?
Cheers!
This is sort of what the entire field of anthropology is about. Some historians are used to incorporating anthropological theory into their discipline - medieval history, for example, was an early adopter of this in the last quarter or so of the 20th century. Others are more ignorant about the anthropological ethical considerations at stake. For specific works to recommend you read, I'd suggest you ask on r/AskAnthropology.