Beyond silence, beyond stigma: long-term ethnography with Dalits and women in India

Abstract

This study showcases how long-term ethnographic research in India brings marginalized voices to the forefront and uncovers social realities frequently overlooked by dominant narratives. By addressing silence and stigma, it emphasizes anthropology’s duty to consider peripheral experiences while reaffirming the epistemological importance of ethnography in examining both continuity and change in social life.