Field Research in Africa - The Ethics of Researcher Vulnerabilities (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	James Currey
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	An Ansoms
Authors:	Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka • Susan Thomson (Customer)
Contributors:	An Ansoms • Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka • Elisio Macamo • Susan Thomson (Customer) • Gino Vlavonou • Emery Mushagalusa Mudinga • Ghaliya Djelloul
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-84701-269-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-84701-269-8
Barcode:	9781847012692

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