Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences

Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-46854-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

This edited collection of first-person stories about risk in the field offers an arsenal of practical examples where fieldworkers have attempted to negotiate the complexities and risks of field research. Field research can be a risky and dangerous journey where the line between safety and danger can be crossed in quick time, often with little warning. These risks manifest in diverse and novel ways. They can be physical and psychological, ephemeral and enduring. They can impact the researchers, participants, collaborators and interviewees. Indeed, they can condition the very foundation of our processes of knowledge production. Fieldwork is no small stakes game. Covering research from Afghanistan, Chad, DR Congo, Greece, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Palestine, India, Indonesia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Vietnam and Australia, each chapter highlights diverse, eclectic, raw and vulnerable narratives about risks experienced before, during and after the conduct of this research. This book is of great value to inexperienced and experienced fieldworkers alike.    

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wadds, Phillip

Apoifis, Nicholas

Spurway, Kim

Schmeidl, Susanne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik, Theorie und Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Collecting Stories, Nicholas Apoifis, Phillip Wadds, Susanne Schmeidl & Kim Spurway.- 2. Sex In The Academy/Sex In The Field: Bodies Of Ethics In Activist Research, Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust.- 3. Sitting With The Mess, Caroline Lenette.- 4. Fear And Loathing In The Cross: Researching The Policing Of Nightlife In Sydney, Phillip Wadds.- 5. Doing Critical Drugs Research: From Deconstructing To Encountering Risk, George Dertadian.- 6. ‘I Hope Little Worms Die In Your Arse’: Fieldwork, Anarchists, Fascists, And Academic Snitches, Nick Apoifis.- 7. Doing Elite Interviews In Feminist Research: Confessions Of A Born-Again Observationist, Louise Chappell.- 8. Risking The Self: Vulnerability And Its Uses In Research, Tanya Jakimow.- Enter The Dragon: Coming Of Age As Blond, White, Female Researcher In Fragile Contexts, Susanne Schmeidl.- 10. ‘If You Want To Know About Evil, Ask The Devil’: Research In Post-Conflict Countries, Kim Spurway.- 11. Conclusion: Sharing Stories, Kim Spurway.

Über Autor(innen)

Phillip Wadds is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has spent the last decade undertaking ethnographic and field-based research examining various features of nightlife in Sydney with an enduring focus on its policing and regulation. 
Nicholas Apoifis is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His 2017 manuscript Anarchy in Athens (Manchester University Press), was based on unprecedented access to one of the world’s most militant anarchist movements and involved Militant Ethnography.
Susanne Schmeidl is Senior Lecturer in Global Development at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She is a scholar practitioner with field experience in Afghanistan. Her research focuses on understanding drivers of conflict and forced migration as well as grassroots peace efforts.
Kim Spurway is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. She has worked on five national surveys commissioned by the United Nations on the socio-economic impact of landmines and unexploded ordinance on post-conflict countries.