Heading out into the field for months on end, far from home — but not alone. What if the family comes out into the field with us? What if they stay here?

Anna Peñuelas Peñarroya (CRIA Iscte) has written the chapter entitled “‘A baby is a huge commitment’. Motherhood and ethnographic research among the Ngäbe of Panama” in Accompanied Fieldwork: Breaking the Silence through Situated Ethnography (Bellaterra Edicions, 2026).

The myth of the neutral observer—disembodied and unconnected—lives on. This book does the opposite: it places work-life balance, care and personal life at the centre of methodological, epistemological and ethical reflection on fieldwork. It is also an important contribution to the debate on equity in access to scientific careers.

https://www.bellaterra.coop/es/libros/trabajo-de-campo-acompanado