The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork

ISBN-13: 9783030464325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 493 str.

Roger Mac Ginty; Roddy Brett; Birte Vogel

Recenzje

"Mac Ginty et al.'s book is a remarkable collection of personal experiences of scholars and academics who embarked on field research in countries affected by conflict. Regarded as essential reading for those embarking upon fieldwork in social science disciplines, this book is intended for any researcher who needs a guide for researching in such territories. ... the authors have created an indispensable resource for any Ph.D. student or early career researcher who plans to conduct fieldwork in conflict areas." (Adriana Marin, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, June 3, 2021)

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction

Roger Mac Ginty, Roddy Brett, Birte Vogel

 

Chapter 2

How I dealt with my ethics committee, and survived

Jonathan Fisher

 

Chapter 3

When Humans Become Data

Roxani Krystalli

 

Chapter 4

Researching Over-Researched Societies

Grainne Kelly

 

Chapter 5

Preparing for fieldwork interviews

Berit Bliesemann de Guevara & Birgit Poopuu

 

Chapter 6

Being Indiana Jones in IR: The pressure to do ‘real’ fieldwork

Laura Routley and Katharine Wright

 

Chapter 7

Interview locations

Paul Jackson

 

Chapter 8

From risk aversion to risk management

Sophie Roborgh

 

Chapter 9

Researching ‘militant groups’

James W. McAuley

 

Chapter 10

The Ethics of Ethnographic Peace and Conflict Research

Gearoid Millar

 

Chapter 11

Solitary Decision-Making and Fieldwork Safety

Max Gallien

 

Chapter 12

Making Contact: Interviewing Rebels in Sierra Leone

Kieran Mitton

 

Chapter 13

Participatory Action Research: Challenges and rewards in fifteen field lessons

Georgina McAllister

Chapter 14

Conflict ethnography goes online: Chatnography of the Ukrainian volunteer battalions

Ilmari Käihkö

 

Chapter 15

Negotiating relationships with vulnerable communities

Nick Morgan

Chapter 16

Gatekeepers

Gyda M. Sindre

 

Chapter 17

Working with Translators: Implications of the Translator’s Positionality for the Research Process and Knowledge Production

Kristina Tschunkert

 

Chapter 18

Facing Violence in the Field

Roddy Brett

 

Chapter 19

Interviewing Perpetrators of Genocide

Manolo E. Vela Castañeda

 

Chapter 20

Interviewing Elites

Christine Wade

 

Chapter 21

Secrecy and silence in fieldwork: reflections on feminist research on violence in Latin America

Mo Hume

 

Chapter 22

Read the Room: Side-by-Side methodology in a Belfast ice hockey arena

Eric Lepp

 

Chapter 23

Traversing Fieldwork with Imperfect Language Skills

Simon Philpott

 

Chapter 24

Confessions of a Local Researcher

Nemanja Džuverović

 

Chapter 25

Gendered challenges to fieldwork in conflict-affected areas

Kathleen M. Jennings

 

Chapter 26

Race, positionality and the researcher

Sarah Njeri

 

Chapter 27

Fixers and friends – local and international researchers

Morten Bøås

Chapter 28

“Mummy I want to go home”: Children and Parenthood in the Field

Jenna Murray de López

 

Chapter 29

Privilege

Stefanie Kappler

 

Chapter 30

From the field back to academia

Malgorzata Polanska

 

Chapter 31

The Politics and Practicalities of Writing

Birte Vogel and Roger Mac Ginty

 

Chapter 32

Writing and the Ethics of Representation

Angela J. Lederach

 

Chapter 33

Giving back: A conversation between researcher and refugee.

Jessica Field and Ali Johar

O autorze

Roger Mac Ginty is Professor at the School of Government and International Affairs, and Director of the Global Security Institute, both at Durham University, UK. He has conducted field research in Georgia, Lebanon, Uganda, Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka, and the US.

Roddy Brett is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bristol, UK. During thirteen years living in Latin America, he acted as Advisor to the UNDP and the UNHCHR and as Advisor on Indigenous Affairs to the Norwegian Embassy. In 2015, he led a UN investigation into the role of the delegations of victims in the Santos-FACRC-EP peace process.

Birte Vogel is Lecturer in Humanitarianism, Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. She has conducted fieldwork in Colombia, Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, India and Sri Lanka.

Blurb

This unique companion is a much-needed guide for those who are embarking on field research in conflict-affected countries. In a break with academic tradition, the chapters are mainly written in the first person and contain personal accounts of the ethical and practical challenges of fieldwork. In the book, over thirty scholars reflect on the complexity of dealing with human subjects in conflict-affected contexts. This indispensable book provides insider knowledge and gives confidence to researchers - both those at the very start of their careers or during their studies, and experienced researchers who want to consider positionality, responsibility and the moral obligation of the researcher in new ways. Essential reading for students and scholars embarking upon fieldwork in International Relations, Politics, Sociology, Political Geography and Anthropology.

Roger Mac Ginty is Professor at the School of Government and International Affairs, and Director of the Global Security Institute, both at Durham University, UK. He has conducted field research in Georgia, Lebanon, Uganda, Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sri Lanka, and the US.

Roddy Brett is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Bristol, UK. During thirteen years living in Latin America, he acted as Advisor to the UNDP and the UNHCHR and as Advisor on Indigenous Affairs to the Norwegian Embassy. In 2015, he led a UN investigation into the role of the delegations of victims in the Santos-FACRC-EP peace process.

Birte Vogel is Lecturer in Humanitarianism, Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. She has conducted fieldwork in Colombia, Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, India and Sri Lanka.