EXPERIENCES IN RESEARCHING CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
Fieldwork Interrupted
Edited by
Althea-Maria Rivas and
Brendan Ciarn Browne
First published in Great Britain in 2018 by
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Contents
| Rose Lvgren |
| Patrick James Christian |
| Laurel Borisenko |
| Paul Stubbs |
| Corinna Jentzsch |
| Henri Myrttinen |
| Sandra M. McEvoy |
| Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen |
| Althea-Maria Rivas |
| Fabio Cristiano |
| Marjaana Jauhola |
| Brendan Ciarn Browne |
| Michael Broache |
| Sinad Walsh |
| John Heathershaw |
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Pamela Kea and Liat Radcliffe Ross, who offered critical feedback and commentary on earlier versions of the book chapters, Roger Saul and Shelley Lauren Robinson for their continuous support and advice on the ideas, aesthetics and format of the book. Invaluable mentorship was provided throughout various stages of the writing and publishing process by Professor David Mutimer at the York University, Toronto, and Susan Johnson and colleagues at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath. We would also like to acknowledge the postdoctoral fellowship programme of the Centre for Development Studies at the University of Bath for the funding that made possible the presentation of the ideas underpinning this book in its initial stages.
We are grateful to the editorial staff at Policy Press for their belief in the message of the book, guidance and above all, their patience. Finally, we would like to acknowledge and thank those who inspired this book, the scholars, researchers and practitioners, who honestly shared their uncomfortable moments with us, and the colleagues, partners, researchers and research participants who live in the many countries mentioned in this book who have and continue to support and direct our work and ultimately, educate us.
On a more personal note, Brendan would like to thank those dedicated and committed colleagues at Al Quds (Bard) University who provided both professional and personal camaraderie during challenging times spent working and living in the West Bank. His parents, Marie and Paul, for inspiring the confidence to conduct difficult research in uncomfortable spaces. Finally, a special thank you is reserved for Emma for being the never-ending source of support, love, guidance and inspiration when living and working together in Palestine.
Althea-Maria would like to thank Alriguez Sebastian and Kathleen for everything.
Notes on the editors and contributors
Editors
Althea-Maria Rivas is a Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. Her research interests are race and global politics, gender insecurity and development, humanitarian intervention and post-conflict reconstruction, migration, feminist and postcolonial theory and pedagogy. She has lived, worked and conducted research for over 15 years in a number of countries in West and East Africa and Central Asia. She is also a Research Associate at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at the Centre for Refugee Studies at the University of York, UK.
Brendan Ciarn Browne is an Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His research interests centre on conflict transformation, growing up in conflict, commemoration in conflict and transitional justice in Northern Ireland and Palestine. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in both settings, working with political representatives, youth and community workers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and former combatants. He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Post-Conflict Justice, Trinity College Dublin.
Contributors
Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen is a PhD candidate at the Department of Social Sciences, Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya. She has a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of York, UK, and another Master's degree in Development Studies from the Open University of Sri Lanka. Her main areas of research are on terrorism studies and forced migration. She has held research fellowships and published research papers at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford and Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, India.
Laurel Borisenko completed her PhD in conflict studies through the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her field-based research in three African communities focused on peacebuilding using the arts. Her research and publications are informed by many years as a practitioner, working in complex emergencies with United Nations (UN) agencies and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs). She works with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and teaches at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.
Michael Broache is an Assistant Professor of Government and World Affairs at the University of Tampa in the USA. His research and teaching focuses on international relations and comparative politics, with a substantive focus on international law and a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
Fabio Cristiano is a PhD candidate and Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden. His research interests lie at the intersection of International Relations, cyberwarfare and critical theory. Fabio has published on cyberwar, war simulations, Palestine and gaming/augmented reality. His other areas of interest are cyber-diplomacy and the internet as a human right.
