Title: Ethnography as risky business : field research in violent and sensitive contexts /
Authors: Koonings, Kees; Kruijt, Dirk; Rodgers, Dennis
Year: 2019
Subjects: Ethnology Fieldwork; Ethnology Moral and ethical aspects.; Anthropological ethics; Ethnology Latin America; Anthropological ethics; Ethnology; Ethnology Fieldwork; Ethnology Moral and ethical aspects; Latin America
Contents: Researching the politics of aid in war-torn societies : the case of Chalatenango, El Salvador / Chris van der Borgh -- Dealing with distrust : a diplomat-anthropologist negotiating obstacles in politically sensitive urban fieldwork in Sudan / Ingeborg Denissen -- Researching security in Africa as the "Sierra Foxtrot Golf" / Tessa Diphoorn -- A wolf in sheep's clothing : negotiating identity in fieldwork among the National Civil Police in Guatemala / Marie Louise Glebbeek -- "Doctor, how can we improve our image in Europe?" : researching war and peace in Colombia as an ethnographer-consultant / Kees Koonings -- Interviewing revolutionary generations in Latin America : a personal memoir / Dirk Kruijt -- "You are not like the Ladinos at all" : reflections on fieldwork, cataloguing the researcher and knowledge production / Elisabet Rasch -- Keeping a distance? : dealing with perpetrators of violence in a Guatemalan town / Simone Remijnse -- From 'broder' to 'don' : methodological reflections on longitudinal gang research in Nicaragua / Dennis Rodgers -- Interpretation of dreams and humor in affective fieldwork on state violence in Argentina / Eva Van Roekel -- Swimming with former combatants : ethics and pragmatics of fieldwork in post war zones in Sri Lanka / Ariel Sánchez Meertens -- Ethical issues raised by legal anthropological research on local dispute settlement in Ecuador / Marc Simon Thomas -- Security at stake : dealing with violence and public (in)security in a popular neighborhood in Guadalajara, Mexico / Monique Sonnevelt -- Among comrades : (dis)trust in ethnographic fieldwork with former Salvadoran revolutionaries / Ralph Sprenkels -- Embedded ethnography : conflict research through an international peace mission in Colombia / Floortje Toll -- Fieldwork frontiers : danger, uncertainty, and limitations during research with former combatants in Mozambique / Nikkie Wiegink.