Methodological approaches in Kurdish studies : theoretical and practical insights from the field / edited by Bahar Baser, Mari Toivanen, Begum Zorlu, and Yasin Duman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baser, Bahar, editor.

Toivanen, Mari, editor.

Zorlu, Begum, editor.

Duman, Yasin, editor.

Series:

Kurdish societies, politics, and international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Study and teaching.

Kurds.

Ethnology--Fieldwork.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 254 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]

Summary:

This book sheds light on the intricacies of conducting fieldwork on highly politicized and sensitive topics as well as in conflict settings. It addresses both the epistemological and theoretical along with the practical challenges related to such fieldwork in Kurdish Studies.

Contents:

Research fields on the move : on space and knowledge

Critical ethnography : emancipatory knowledge and alternative dialogues / Vera Eccarius-Kelly

Living structures : methodological considerations on people and place / Joost Jongerden

Online-offline research on diasporic identities : methodological benefits, challenges and critical insights / Jowan Mahmoud

Tracing global history through the Kurds in the imperial and national archives and beyond / Marc Sinan Winrow

Fieldwork in troubled terrains

Troubled terrain : lines of allegiance and political belonging in northern Kurdistan / Marlene Schäfers

Working upon the communities under the political domination : subaltern Kurds in Turkey / Polat Alpman

Feeling solidarity in an estranged city : ethnography in the post-war Diyarbakr under surveillance / Demet Arpacik

Insider, outsider or something beyond?

Outsiders twice over in Kurdistan / Francis O'Connor and Semih Celik

The omnipresent absentee? Challenges in researching the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Europe and Turkey / Marlies Casier

"She's Turkish but good" : researching on Kurdish internal displacement as a "Turkish" female researcher / Yesim Mutlu

Straddling the insider-outsider divide : challenges of Turkish identity as an outsider researcher in the Kurdish context / Yasemin Gulsum Acar and Ozden Melis Ulug

Essays on field experiences

Beyond the insider-outsider dichotomy : conducting ethnographic fieldwork as a Kurdish returnee in Iraqi Kurdistan / Lana Askari

Embedded research and political violence : Kurdish studies in conflict areas / Thomas Schmidinger

Conclusion : reflections on research : challenges and opportunities / Begum Zorlu and Yasin Duman

About the contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Methodological approaches in Kurdish studies

ISBN:

9781498575218

1498575218

OCLC:

1055567871