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This is the final published version of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Anthropology Ireland, 2019.
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By their nature, ethnographic studies involve defined research settings and therefore there is a greater risk that the identity of either the organisation or organisational members may be recognisable to others. Drawing on my experiences of conducting a three-year, multi-sited ethnographic study with three English fire and rescue services and an independent fire training organisation, I explore the difficulties of presenting and publishing research findings whilst protecting the anonymity of the research setting. I suggest that the use of ethnodrama, a method of presenting research findings in the form of a dram script, not only protects the anonymity of the research setting, but also enables the researcher to present an ethnography in a safe, ethical and yet provocative way that brings the research setting ‘alive’ for the reader. Fire and rescue service; firefighters; ethnodrama; stress and coping; organisational ethnography; sensitive research.
Author(s): Mazzetti AS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Irish Journal of Anthropology (IJA)
Year: 2019
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Pages: 72-86
Online publication date: 01/02/2020
Acceptance date: 13/08/2019
Date deposited: 15/10/2019
ISSN (print): 1393-8592
Publisher: Anthropology Ireland
URL: http://anthropologyireland.org/ija-2019-mazzetti/
