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Title:

Surviving field research : working in violent and difficult situations / edited by Chandra Lekha Sriram ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xi, 262 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Social conflict--Research.
Ethnic conflict--Research.
Violence--Research

Other Authors:

Sriram, Chandra Lekha, 1971-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-255) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : surviving research / Julie Mertus -- Demystifying field research / John C. King -- Exceeding scholarly responsibility : IRBs and political constraints / Judy Hemming -- Methods and ethics with research teams and NGOs : comparing experiences across the border of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo / Elizabeth Levy Paluck -- Maintenance of standards of protection during writeup and publication / Chandra Lekha Sriram -- Got trust? : the challenge of gaining access in conflict zones / Julie Norman -- From cell phones to coffee : issues of access in Egypt / Courtney Radsch -- "That is not what we authorised you to do" : access and government interference in highly politicised research environments / Susan Thomson -- Researching repellent groups : some methodological considerations on how to represent militants, radicals, and other belligerents / Carolyn Gallaher -- Interpreting truth and lies in stories of conflict and violence / Lee Ann Fujii -- Maintenance of personal security : ethical and operational issues / Julie Mertus -- Impact on research of security seeking behaviour / Amy Ross -- Fieldwork, objectivity, and the academic enterprise / Marie-Jo©±lle Zahar -- Dilemmas of self-representation and conduct in the field / Stephen Brown -- There and back : surviving research in violent and difficult situations / Olga Martin-Ortega, Johanna Herman.

ISBN:

0203875273 (ebk.)
9780203875278 (ebk.)
0415489350 (pbk.)
9780415489355 (pbk.)
0415489342 (hbk.)
9780415489348 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)297145916

LCCN:

2008054934

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)