There are several reasons to abandon a research project. Whether a project is wrought with obstacles or abandoned entirely during the research design (Gregory, 2019), data collection (Nairn et al., 2005; Watson, 2006), or coding and analysis phase (Roulston, 2011), insights can be gained from reflecting on one’s research challenges and failures (Sousa & Clark, 2019). When utilizing digital media technology—in the form of audio recording, video capture, editing software, or data scraping—as part of a qualitative research technique for data collection, the media tools define what constitutes as data. As with any technological apparatus used for research purposes, the use of digital recording devices for knowledge production has the potential to generate challenges.
This article chronicles concerns that arose when I conducted an ethnographic video project to better understand the experiences of Muslim adults, in their late teens and early twenties, living in the Netherlands, from 2003 to 2006.
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