Court ethnographies have commonly relied on the physical presence of the ethnographers. This paper explores the opportunities and the challenges of conducting court ethnographies without this physical presence. Specifically, it examines what it means to conduct remote ethnographies of legal processes where neither the ethnographer nor the other hearing participants are physically co-present. The sudden shift towards remote hearings in fieldwork conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity to compare in-person and remote ethnographic methods. Through a case study of bail hearings in the immigration tribunal in the UK, this paper explores the value and challenges associated with conducting remote ethnographies and asks how they can help to shed light on the impact of absences in legal events.

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带着（研究）意图徘徊：移民法庭的远程民族志

宫廷民族志通常依赖于民族志学者的实际存在。本文探讨了在没有现场人员在场的情况下进行宫廷民族志的机遇和挑战。具体来说，它研究了在人种学家和其他听证会参与者都不在场的情况下对法律程序进行远程人种志意味着什么。 COVID-19 大流行期间进行的实地调查突然转向远程听证会，这为比较现场和远程人种学方法提供了机会。通过对英国移民法庭保释听证会的案例研究，本文探讨了进行远程人种学相关的价值和挑战，并询问它们如何帮助阐明缺席对法律事件的影响。