Found a very simple way to get a jQuery rapped DOM element that is within a subView in Backbone. using `this.$( )`. This is pretty handy because it traverses only DOM elements within the current view instead of the entire DOM tree.

Inside a backbone view:

this.$('.myElement')

Inside an event

this.$('.myElement') or $(argument1.currentEvent).find('.myElement')

Inside a Model / Collection:

You shouldn’t, that’s the View’s responsibility