Doing fieldwork in areas of international intervention : a guide to research in violent and closed contexts /
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| Language: | English |
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Bristol :
Bristol University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Spaces of Peace, Security and Development
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Series
- Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention: A Fuide to Research in Violent and Closed Contexts
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- List of abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention into Violent and Closed Contexts
- Dilemmas of fieldwork- based intervention research in violent and closed contexts
- Control, confusion and failure in the research process
- Dilemmas of security and risk
- Dilemmas around distance and closeness
- Sensitivities of research with vulnerable or marginalized participants
- Notes
- References
- Part I Control and Confusion
- 2 Shifting Identities, Policy Networks, and the Practical and Ethical Challenges of Gaining Access to the Field in Intervention
- Gaining access to policy elites working on intervention
- The consequences of access to intervention elites for knowledge production
- Conclusions
- References
- 3 Interpretivist Methods and Military Intervention Research: Using Interview Research to De-centre the 'Intervener'
- Seeing like AFRICOM: interpretivist interview research on military intervention
- Limitations of, and supplements to, interview research in intervention sites
- Conclusion
- References
- 4 The Interview as a Cultural Performance and the Value of Surrendering Control
- Collecting oral information in unfamiliar contexts
- Spontaneity and informality
- Informal conversations over cups of tea
- Conclusions
- Note
- References
- 5 Unequal Research Relationships in Highly Insecure Places: Of Fear, Funds and Friendship
- 'Will we ever be friends?'
- 'Respect me!'
- .Hey ho, let's go!'
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Part II Security and Risk
- 6 The Politics of Safe Research in Violent and Illiberal Contexts
- Regulating research
- Side effects of regulation
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 7 The Politics and Ethics of Fieldwork in Post-conflict Environments: The Dilemmas of a Vocational Approach
- Procedural versus practical ethics
- 1. Safety: 'do no harm' or 'see no evil'?
- 2. Positionality: access to the field versus partiality of research
- 3. Permission: official approval versus official surveillance
- 4. Consent: overt versus covert approaches to research
- 5. Collaboration: co-production of knowledge versus sensible distancing
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 8 Challenges of Research in an Active Conflict Environment
- Safety and research ethics
- Leveraging relationships in the research process: understanding the parameters
- Negotiating access
- Preserving research quality: flexibility, methodological rigour and transparency in research design
- Operating in environments of weak state capacity and ongoing conflict
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References