Doing fieldwork in areas of international intervention : a guide to research in violent and closed contexts / edited by Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Bøås

Using detailed insights from those with first-hand experience of conducting research in areas of international intervention and conflict, this handbook provides essential practical guidance for researchers and students embarking on fieldwork in violent, repressive and closed contexts. Contributors d...

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Autres auteurs:Bliesemann de Guevara, Berit (Éditeur intellectuel)
Bøås, Morten (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié:Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020
Collection:Spaces of peace, security and development
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Table des matières
Control and confusion
Shifting identities, policy networks, and the practical and ethical challenges of gaining access to the field in interventions Roland Kostić
Interpretivist methods and military intervention research : using interview research to de-centre the 'intervener' Casey McNeill
The interview as a cultural performance and the value of surrendering control Markus Göransson
Unequal research relationships in highly insecure places : of fear, funds and friendship Morten Bøås
Security and risk
The politics of safe research in violent and illiberal contexts Alessandra Russo and Francesco Strazzari
The politics and ethics of fieldwork in post-conflict environments : the dilemmas of a vocational approach John Heathershaw and Parviz Mullojonov
Challenges of research in an active conflict environment Boukary Sangaré and Jaimie Bleck
On assessing risk assessments and situating security advice : the unsettling quest for 'security expertise' Judith Verweijen
Being watched and being handled Jesse Driscoll
Distance and closeness
Positioning in an insecure field : reflections on negotiating identity Maria-Louise Clausen
A different form of intervention? : revisiting the role of researchers in post-war contexts Daniela Lai
The road to Darfur : ethical and practical challenges of embedded research in areas of open conflict Mateja Peter
Interpretation by proxy? : interpretive fieldwork with local associates in areas of restricted research access Katarina Kušić
Sex and sensitivity
Sex workers and sugar babies : empathetic engagement with vulnerable sources Kathleen M. Jennings
Lifting the burden? : the ethical implications of studying exemplary, not pathological, wartime sexual conduct Angela Muvumba Sellström
Unexpected grey areas, innuendo and webs of complicity : experiences of researching sexual exploitation in UN Peacekeeping Missions Henri Myrttinen
Sexual exploitation, rape and abuse as a narrative and a strategy Ingunn Bjørkhaug
Ten things to consider before, during and after fieldwork in a violent or closed context Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Bøås