When Tina Turner sang ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ she could have been singing about live methods . This article reflects on my experience as a reluctant ethnographer with children during COVID-19. I argue that it was ‘love’ for the community I was researching with that led me to use live methods . In this article I reflect on how love is the driving force in live methods . Taking inspiration from bell hooks, Audre Lorde and Linda Tuhiwai Smith, I explore how love does indeed have everything to do with live methods and is not ‘a second-hand emotion’ but can definitely break your heart. My reflections are based on an 18-month multimodal ethnography that I undertook for my PhD studies with children who have experienced domestic abuse and social care intervention. The multimodal ethnography began in March 2020 just as the restrictions for COVID-19 in the UK began. Whilst I had originally planned for in-person methods, the children and I had to quickly navigate and negotiate a way to continue the research. On reflection I can identify elements of Back and Puwar’s manifesto in my methods, but undergirding my research was something I now recognise as love. In this article I reflect how I reluctantly came to my methodology and methods not because of my sociological sensibilities but due to the love for the families I was researching with. I reflect and argue how love needs to underpin live methods .

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爱与它有什么关系？与遭受家庭暴力的儿童一起生活方法和研究以及社会工作干预

当蒂娜·特纳 （Tina Turner） 唱到“爱与它有什么关系”时，她本可以唱的是现场方法。本文回顾了我在 COVID-19 期间作为一名不情愿的民族志学家与儿童打交道的经历。我认为，正是对我所研究的社区的“爱”导致我使用实时方法。在这篇文章中，我反思了爱是如何成为 live 方法的驱动力 .从铃铛钩、Audre Lorde 和 Linda Tuhiwai Smith 那里汲取灵感，我探讨了爱确实与生活方式有关，不是“二手情感”，但绝对会让你心碎。我的反思基于我在攻读博士学位时对经历过家庭虐待和社会护理干预的儿童进行的为期 18 个月的多模态民族志研究。多模式民族志始于 2020 年 3 月，当时英国对 COVID-19 的限制刚刚开始。虽然我最初计划采用面对面的方法，但我和孩子们必须快速导航并协商继续研究的方法。经过反思，我可以在我的方法中识别出 Back 和 Puwar 宣言的元素，但支撑我的研究是我现在认识到的爱。在这篇文章中，我反思了我是如何不情愿地采用我的方法论和方法的，不是因为我的社会学敏感性，而是因为对我所研究的家庭的爱。我反思并论证爱需要如何支撑 live methods。