Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention: A Guide to Research in Violent and Closed Contexts
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Bøås
Abstract
Using insights from those with first-hand experience of conducting research in areas of international intervention and conflict across the world, this book provides essential practical guidance, discussion of mistakes, key reflections and raises important questions for researchers and students embarking on fieldwork in violent and closed contexts. Chapters detail personal experiences from areas including the Congo, Sudan, Yemen, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Myanmar, inviting readers into their reflections on mistakes and hard-learned lessons. Divided into sections on issues of control and confus ... More
Using insights from those with first-hand experience of conducting research in areas of international intervention and conflict across the world, this book provides essential practical guidance, discussion of mistakes, key reflections and raises important questions for researchers and students embarking on fieldwork in violent and closed contexts. Chapters detail personal experiences from areas including the Congo, Sudan, Yemen, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Myanmar, inviting readers into their reflections on mistakes and hard-learned lessons. Divided into sections on issues of control and confusion, security and risk, distance and closeness and sex and sensitivity, the chapters look at how to negotiate complex grey areas and raise important questions that intervention researchers need to consider before, during and after their time on the ground.
Keywords:
international intervention,
conflict,
the Congo,
Sudan,
Yemen,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Myanmar,
intervention research
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529206883 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2021 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529206883.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, editor
Aberystwyth University
Morten Bøås, editor
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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