The Politics of Conducting Research in Africa Ethical and Emotional
This edited volume investigates the ethical and emotional challenges of conducting fieldwork in Africa. It reflects on difficulties researchers face such as objectivity, access, gender issues and information risks. Focusing across a wide range of states a
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The POLITICS of CONDUCTING RESEARCH in AFRICA Ethical and Emotional Challenges in the Field
The Politics of Conducting Research in Africa
Lyn Johnstone Editor
The Politics of Conducting Research in Africa Ethical and Emotional Challenges in the Field
Editor Lyn Johnstone Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-95530-8 ISBN 978-3-319-95531-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95531-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018948723 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 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, express 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 image: © Westend61 Cover design: Tjaša Krivec 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
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Introduction: Conducting Fieldwork in Africa 1 Lyn Johnstone
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‘Good That You Are One of Us’: Positionality and Reciprocity in Conducting Fieldwork in Kenya’s Flower Industry 13 Nungari Mwangi
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Being Familiar, and Yet Strange: Conducting Research as a Hybrid Insider-Outsider in Uganda 35 Christine van Hooft
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Multi-positionality and ‘Inbetweenness’: Reflections on Ethnographic Fieldwork in Southern Eastern Malawi Maddy Gupta-Wright
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Landscapes of Desire: The Effect of Gender, Sexualized Identity, and Flirting on Data Production in Rwanda and Zimbabwe 75 Lyn Johnstone
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Fieldwork and Emotions: Positionality, Method Choices, and a Radio Program in South Sudan 97 Kerstin Tomiak
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Researching Diaspora Citizenship: Reflections on Issues of Positionality and Access from a Zimbabwean Researching Zimbabweans in South Africa 115 Langton Miriyoga
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Gatekeeping Success in the Namibian CBNRM Pr
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