The Politics of Conducting Research in Africa
Ethical and Emotional Challenges in the Field
Editors: Johnstone, Lyn (Ed.)
Free Preview- Sheds new light on difficulties in accurate field research in Africa
- Explores different situations facing researchers in collecting data
- Recounts new, exploratory questions regarding how to gather data, what data to gather, and how identity plays a part
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This edited volume investigates the ethical and emotional challenges of conducting fieldwork in Africa. It reflects on difficulties researchers face such as objectivity, access, gender issues and information risks. Focusing across a wide range of states and themes, the project makes an original contribution and builds upon existing strengths and insights in various disciplines by presenting research-practical insights from contemporary cases of fieldwork. As such, the book is an accessible and useful guide for students and scholars alike.
- About the authors
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Lyn Johnstone is Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom.
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“I heartily welcome the publication of this volume. Having attended the workshop where these researchers shared their stories and were encouraged to examine their own experiences for the sake of researchers that would follow, I can attest to the honest grappling that is behind the various chapters. I am impressed with the development of the ideas, and believe this to be an important contribution that will enhance research in many realms, in Africa and beyond.” (Martha Bridgma, Editor, The South African Journal of International Affairs)
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction: Conducting Fieldwork in Africa
Pages 1-11
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‘Good That You Are One of Us’: Positionality and Reciprocity in Conducting Fieldwork in Kenya’s Flower Industry
Pages 13-33
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Being Familiar, and Yet Strange: Conducting Research as a Hybrid Insider-Outsider in Uganda
Pages 35-52
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Multi-positionality and ‘Inbetweenness’: Reflections on Ethnographic Fieldwork in Southern Eastern Malawi
Pages 53-73
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Landscapes of Desire: The Effect of Gender, Sexualized Identity, and Flirting on Data Production in Rwanda and Zimbabwe
Pages 75-95
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Politics of Conducting Research in Africa
- Book Subtitle
- Ethical and Emotional Challenges in the Field
- Editors
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- Lyn Johnstone
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-95531-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-95531-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-95530-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 217
- Topics
