ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the contextual nature of fieldwork in relation to critical ethnography. The paper started out with my need to try to understand my reflexive and ethical positioning within my research as well as my professionalism. Studying the marketisation of the Swedish school system has been an interesting, important and actually also a frustrating business. The question on how freedom of choice can be understood in relation to equal opportunities, safety, quality and the possibility for all children to get a good education has been the focus of my research. Many of my research findings have provoked representatives from the private free school sector and have been accused of being dishonest and having their own agenda. In this chapter, with the help of Gewirtz and Cribb (2006, 2008), I open up a critical discussion about the contextual nature of fieldwork and what affects our choices in relation to ontological ideology and moral philosophy.
