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Research Beyond Borders : Multidisciplinary Reflections.

This collection draws insights from an interdisciplinary group of scholars specializing in diverse methods used in the social sciences and humanities to reflect on the empirical, methodological, and practical implications of conducting research beyond one's national borders. This book seeks to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Lise-Hélène
Other Authors: Narayan, Anjana, Carey, Mark, Conway-Gomez, Kristen, Fong, Jack, Hanna, Sami, Jones, Cecily, Magnat, Virginie, Majumdar Adur, Shweta, Pangle, Wiline, Ruiz-Caseres, Mónica, Sammel, Rebecca, Sever, Mustafa, Del Testa, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Research Beyond Borders; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Onto the Frontlines; Part I: Dialogues; 1 History Lessons from an Indochinese Diary; 2 From National Parks to National Archives: The Diplomacy of Research in Latin America; 3 Studying Wild Spotted Hyenas in Kenya: Challenges and Implications; Part II: Insecurities; 4 Methodological and Positional Considerations of Crisis Field Research: The Karen Revolution Example; 5 Building Trust, Enhancing Research: Carrying out Fieldwork in Namibia; 6 Cross-Cultural Research: Implications for Data Collection; Part III: Encumbrances.
  • 7 ""You can''t bring a child in here, this is a place where people come to do serious research work!"": Negotiating Lone Motherhood and Fieldworker Identities8 Serendipitous Treasures: Rethinking Archival Research in the Twenty-First Century; 9 Negotiating the Politics of Conducting Research On Widows in India; Part IV: Crossroads; 10 Performative Approaches to Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research; 11 Counter-Movement: Researchers from Abroad and the Reconfiguration of the Research Location; 12 Back from the Field: Positionality, Methodology, and Practice; Bibliography.