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Author Mazurana, Dyan

Title Doing Research in Conflict Zones : Experiences from the Field
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages)
Contents Cover; Research Methods in Conflict Settings; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Witnesses to War; Responsibility and Representing Oneself and Others in Violent Environments; Research Methods in Conflict Settings; Accessing and Creating Safe Spaces; Overview of the Book; Part I: Representation; Part II: Do No Harm; Part III: Safe Spaces; Part IV: Trust; Part V: Responsibility; Part VI: Practicalities; Bibliography; Part I Representation; 1 The Other Side of the Country: Filming the Human Experience of War; Introduction; Without Blood
Origins of the ConflictThe Starting Point: One Girl's Story; Gray Zones; Scouting without a Camera; The Camp Settings; Part 2; Shooting in Secret; Technical Constraints; Choosing the Characters; Angelina; Jackson; Anguleta; Dennis; Caroline; The Pitfalls of "Humanitarian Cinema"; Protecting the Characters; Protecting Young People during the Filmmaking; Political Understandings without Talking Politics; Government Denial; Going Home; Conclusion; Bibliography; 2 Negotiating Identity, Space, and Place among Iraqi Women Refugees in Jordan; Introduction; A Note on Context and Terminology
Fixed TemporalityEthical, practical, and methodological challenges; Ethics, Benefits, and Identity; Body Politics and the Continuum of Violence; Agency and Networks of Support; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II Do No Harm; 3 Reflections on Ethical and Practical Challenges of Conducting Research with Children in War Zones: Toward a Grounded Approac; Origins and Evolution; The Origins of My Interest; Youth Narratives -- Agency and Resilience; Toward a Grounded Approach; Key Ethical and Practical Challenges; Raised Expectations; Excessive Targeting; Negotiating Culture
Coordination: Research, Assessment, and ResponseIdentity Challenges; Bibliography; 4 Researching Social Life in Protracted Exile; Introduction; Sudan and Its Neighbors: Conflict and Forced Migration; From Ikafe to Kiryandongo; Which Research Questions and Why?; Methods Used and Why; Challenges to the Research; Ethical Questions and Practical Matters; Security Risks and Challenges; Conclusions: What Did I Learn and Was I Able to Communicate It?; Bibliography; Part III Safe Spaces; 5 "I Love My Soldier"; Introduction; The Research Context: Militarization and Silencing in Sri Lanka
Field and Responsible FieldworkUnderstanding Silences; Making Safe Spaces; Sharing Responsibilities, Developing Institutional Collaboration; Bearing Witness, Disseminating Conflict, Respecting Silence; Reflections on Responsible Research in a Militarized Society; Bibliography; 6 Power Dynamics and the Politics of Fieldwork under Sudan's Prolonged Conflicts; Arrival at the Research Site; War, Power Relations, and Fieldwork; Identity and Access; Ethical Issues: Participant Benefits; Gender, Age, and What Questions to Ask; Seamless Techniques to Involve Women
Summary Compiles a variety of lessons learned by field researchers, many of whom have faced demanding situations characterized by violence, profound and well-grounded distrust, and social fragmentation
Notes Conclusion: Making the Work Matter to Local Populations
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Subject Social conflict.
Civil war.
civil wars.
Civil war.
Social conflict.
Form Electronic book
Author Jacobsen, Karen
Gale, Lacey
ISBN 9781107291416
1107291410