Overview
An essential exploration of and guide to research ethics in the field. Researchers working in Africa are engaged in ethical, methodological, logistical, emotional and professional compromises. Juggling the demands of being a researcher and being human, scholars must balance the recording of data withthe emotional demands of listening, of analyzing and reporting personal, and often contradictory, narratives. This book recognizes these challenges and lays bare the underlying and important process by which the researcher grapples with emotions, and how 'feelings' inform and shape data collection, interpretation, write-up and dissemination. Based on widely researched on-the-ground work, the contributors reveal the ambiguities and inconsistences that emerge at all stages of fieldwork and how to tackle them. They examine the ethical quagmires that arise when doing research on sensitive topics in a researcher's own living environment, and suggest how to manage the complex interaction between the researcher's own identity and social relationships in the field, and navigate the role of researcher when activism risks access to the field.
Full Product Details
Author: An Ansoms ,
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka ,
Professor Susan Thomson (Customer) ,
An Ansoms
Publisher: James Currey
Imprint: James Currey
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.300kg
ISBN: 9781847012692
ISBN 10: 1847012698
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 18 June 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In the foreword of Field Research in Africa, the editors share that the goal of research is to render the world intelligible. All the contributors stick to this theme very effectively as they try to make intelligible the discomforting and the personally challenging. Field Research in Africa is written with clear narration, articulation of deep concepts, and practical considerations for readers. -- African Studies Quarterly
Author Information
AN ANSOMS is Professor in Development Studies at the UniversitéCatholique de Louvain (Belgium). AYMAR NYENYEZI BISOKA is Assistant Professor at the University of Mons, Belgium. SUSAN THOMSON is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. AN ANSOMS is Professor in Development Studies at the UniversitéCatholique de Louvain (Belgium). AYMAR NYENYEZI BISOKA is Assistant Professor at the University of Mons, Belgium. SUSAN THOMSON is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University.
