Making Contact: Interviewing Rebels in Sierra Leone
How do researchers contact and interview participants in conflict-affected and insecure settings? What are the challenges, opportunities and lessons that come with this kind of research? This chapter draws on my experience of interviewing perpetrators of
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Roger Mac Ginty · Roddy Brett · Birte Vogel Editors
The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork
Editors Roger Mac Ginty School of Government and International Affairs Durham University Durham, UK
Roddy Brett School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies University of Bristol Bristol, UK
Birte Vogel Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute University of Manchester Manchester, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-46432-5 ISBN 978-3-030-46433-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46433-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Katrien1/Shutterstock.com This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Introduction 1 Roger Mac Ginty, Roddy Brett, and Birte Vogel 2
How I Dealt with My Ethics Committee, and Survived Jonathan Fisher
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When Humans Become Data 35 Roxani Krystalli
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Researching Over-Researched Societies 47 Gráinne Kelly
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Preparing for Fieldwork Interviews 65 Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Birgit Poopuu
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Being Indiana Jones in IR: The Pressure to Do ‘Real’ Fieldwork 85 Laura Routley and Katharine A. M. Wright
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Interview Locations 101 Paul Jackson
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From Risk Aversion to Risk Management 115 Sophie Roborgh
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Researching ‘Militant Groups’ 131 James W. McAuley
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CONTENTS
10 The Ethics of Ethnographic Peace and Conflict Research Gearoid Millar
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11 Solitary Decision-Making and Fieldwork Safety 163 Max Gallien 12 Making Contact: Interviewing Rebels in Sierra Leone Kieran Mitton
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13 Participatory Action Research: Challenges and Rewards in Fifteen Field Lessons 189 Georgina McAllister 14 Conflict Ethnography Goes Online: Chatnography of the Ukrainian Volun
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