Field research in Africa : the ethics of researcher vulnerabilities / edited by An Ansoms, Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka, and Susan Thomson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ansoms, An, editor.

Bisoka, Aymar Nyenyezi, 1982- editor.

Thomson, Susan, 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects--Africa.

Social sciences.

Social scientists--Professional ethics--Africa.

Social scientists.

Social sciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Social scientists--Professional ethics.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xii, 175 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, 2021.

Contents:

1 Skin Connections: Negotiating Institutional Ethics alongside Insider Identities p. 11 / Gino Vlavonou

2 Conducting Sensitive Research 'At Home': A Matter of Responsibility p. 29 / Emery Mushagalusa Mudinga

3 A Gendered Research Journey: Ethical Dilemmas of an Algerian Immigrant Recovering the Memory of 'Home' p. 45 / Ghaliya N. Djelloul

4 Establishing Kinship in the Diaspora: Conducting Research among Fellow Congolese Immigrants of Cape Town p. 63 / Rosette Sifa Vuninga

5 'If they find out, we're dead': Intermediaries, Self-censorship, and Anxiety in Research as an Outsider-Insider p. 85 / Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka

6 Looking Behind the Screen: Ethical Quagmires when Accessing Hidden Discourses p. 105 / An Ansoms

7 Scholar-Activist? On Relational Accountability and an Ethic of Dissemination p. 117 / Susan Thomson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Field research in Africa.

ISBN:

9781847012692

1847012698

OCLC:

1242858363