Ann Grodzins Gold, the senior author, has collaborated for over 30 years with Bhoju Ram Gujar, the first co-author, a village-born government civil servant. While Ann and Bhoju have previously published their thoughts on the joint production of ethnographic knowledge, their understandings continue to evolve and change over time. During Ann’s most recent fieldwork spell (2010–11) in the provincial town of Jahazpur, present home to Bhoju and his family, Bhoju’s daughters, Madhu and Chinu, also assisted in conducting interviews. In this article, the four of us reflect on our aims, methods, findings and relationships. We draw from our particular experiences of collaborative fieldwork to discuss forged familial bonds, moments of intellectual fusion, counterpoints of friction, and the resulting woven fabric of our writing.
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