Researching violence in Africa : ethical and methodological challenges / edited by Christopher Cramer, Laura Hammond, and Johan Pottier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cramer, Christopher (Professor of political economy)

Hammond, Laura, 1967-

Pottier, Johan

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Series:

African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 6.

African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Research--Africa.

Violence.

Social conflict--Research--Africa.

Social conflict.

Research--Moral and ethical aspects--Africa.

Research.

Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social conflict--Research.

Violence--Research.

Africa.

Physical Description:

vi, 183 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Summary:

The nine papers in this collection originally were presented during the workshop, Researching Violence and Conflict: Methodological and Ethical Considerations, held in July 2008 at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. The papers address a variety of topics, including methods and ethics in conflict, researching children and violence in evolving socio-political contexts, researching civil war in Sudan, gender and sexuality, and cooperative ethics as a new model for cultural research on peace and security. All entries are both readable and well-researched. Editors Cramer (political economy of development, SOAS), Hammond (development studies, SOAS), Pottier (African anthropology, SOAS), and 11 co-authors contributed to the book. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Navigating the terrain of methods and ethics in conflict research / Johan J.P. Pottier, Laura Hammond and Christopher M. Cramer

Researching conflict in Africa : a researcher's account of IFE-Modakeke

South-Western Nigeria / Olajide O. Akanji

Researching children and violence in evolving socio-political contexts / Giorgia Dona

Layers of silence : counterinsurgency in northeastern Ethiopia / Laura Hammond

Uncertain ethics : researching civil war in Sudan / Sharon E. Hutchinson

"From nation to family" : researching gender and sexuality / Danai Mupotsa

Cooperative ethics as a new model for cultural research on peace and security / Derek B. Miller and Ron Scollon

Hidden agendas in conflict research : informants' interests and research

Objectivity in the Niger delta / Ukoha Ukiwo

Silence and authoritative speech in post-violence northern Ghana / Martijn Wienia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

ISBN:

9004203125

9789004203129

OCLC:

703104496

Publisher Number:

99944002493