Ethnography as Risky Business : Field Research in Violent and Sensitive Contexts Paperback / softback
Edited by Kees Koonings, Dirk Kruijt
Paperback / softback
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Ethnography as Risky Business: Field Research in Violent and Sensitive Contexts offers a hands-on, critical appraisal of how to approach ethnographic fieldwork on socio-political conflict and collective violence, focusing on the global south.
The volume’s contributions are all based on extensive firsthand qualitative social science research conducted in sensitive--and often hazardous--field settings.
The contributors reflect on real-life methodological problems as well as the ethical and personal challenges such as the protection of participants, research data and the ‘ethnographic self’.
In particular, the authors highlight how ‘risky ethnography’ requires careful maneuvering before, during, and after fieldwork on the basis of a ‘situated’ ethics, yet also point to the rewards of such an endeavor.
If these methodological, ethical and personal risks are managed adequately, the yields in terms of generating a deep understanding of, and critical engagement with, conflict and violence may be substantial.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:254 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:09/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781498598453
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:254 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:09/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781498598453
