Doing research as a native : a guide for fieldwork in illiberal and repressive states / edited by Kira D. Jumet and Merouan Mekouar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jumet, Kira D., editor.

Mekouar, Merouan, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Fieldwork.

Social sciences.

Sociology--Fieldwork.

Sociology.

Qualitative research--Methodology.

Qualitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Doing Research as a Native' examines the specific challenges faced by researchers conducting fieldwork in their native repressive and/or illiberal countries. It presents narratives from 19 scholars, representing 15 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, South America, Central Asia and South Asia, who conducted fieldwork in their native repressive and/or illiberal countries. These researchers encountered obstacles directly related to their native status, particularly with regard to their gender, race and ethnicity. This volume also provides practical guidance on how to address these challenges.

Contents:

Cover

Doing Research as a Native

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors' Bios

Introduction

Part I. Gender and Societal Expectations

1. "But Where Is Your Grandmother Really From?" Negotiating Ethnicity, Gender, and Belonging after War (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia)

2. Discomfort in the Field: Navigating Family Politics, the Streets, and the State in Algeria (Algeria)

3. Doing Research on the Margins: Fieldwork as a Pashtun in Pakistan (Pakistan)

4. Suspicion, Surveillance, and Survival in Kashmir (Indian-​Controlled Kashmir)

5. Gender and Societal Expectations: A Provisional Guide

Part II. Race, Ethnicity, and Belonging

6. Ethnicity as a Liability: Fieldwork as a Mixed Ethnic Researcher in Ethiopia (Ethiopia)

7. "Racial Democracy" as a Fallacy: Art, Research, and Identity in Brazil (Brazil)

8. "Come Back as a Piece, Not Pieces": Risks, Experiences, and Practices of Researching "Sensitive" Topics in One's Home Country-​A Note from Northern Nigeria (Nigeria)

9. Guardians of the Archives: The Bishop and the Bureaucrat in Socialist Cuba (Cuba)

10. Race, Ethnicity, and Belonging: A Provisional Guide

Part III. Legal Threats and Red Lines

11. Lacan in Vietnam: Managing Anxiety and Minimizing Surveillance (Vietnam)

12. Nowhere to Hide: An Egyptian Researcher, Between Forced Exile and Arrest (Egypt)

13. Walking a Fine Line: Institutional Ambiguities and Ethical Dilemmas in Tajikistan (Tajikistan)

14. What Does One Do with the Nightmares? Are They Ethnographic Data or Material for a Psychoanalyst? (Nicaragua)

15. Legal Threats and Red Lines: A Provisional Guide

Part IV. Exploitation

16. Impossible Return? Vulnerability for Iranian Dual-​National Researchers in the Field (Iran).

17. Questionable Solicitations and Regime Restrictions: Protecting Family, Colleagues, and Oneself While Researching in Nicaragua (Nicaragua)

18. Navigating Dangerous Fields: Storytelling, Waiting, and Ethnography without Fieldnotes (Turkey)

19. Exploitation: A Provisional Guide

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 24, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197699843

0197699847

9780197699829

0197699820

OCLC:

1454728486