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Online Reader

The Online Reader is a collection of essays that address key problems and challenges involved in fieldwork in post-war environments. We will add new pieces on a rolling basis. If you are interested in contributing a piece or have any requests or suggestions, please email us at statesandsecurity@gc.cuny.edu.

Ethnographic Research with Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations: The case of post-conflict Nepal
Simon Robins
Developing Ethical Guidelines for Researchers Working In Post-Conflict Environments
Susan Thomson
Accessing Returnee Refugee Women in Post-War Liberia: Practical, Ethical, and Gender Considerations
Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso
Challenging ‘Victor’s History’ in Post-war Angola
Justin Pearce
Experimental Citizens: Ethical Dilemmas of Fieldwork in Post-War Sarajevo Civil Society
Peter Locke
Eyewitness to Conflict and Peace: Key Informants and Causal Accounts of War and Peacebuilding
Christof P. Kurz
Ambivalent Positioning in Post-Conflict Settings. Reflections of Ethnographic Field Research in Northern Sri Lanka
Eva Gerharz
Ethical Challenges of Micro-level Fieldwork
Lee Ann Fujii
'Knocking' - a Useful Entry Requirement Tool in Post-Conflict Environment: A Critical Appraisal based on Empirical Research in Sierra Leone
Victor O. Asiedu
Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Research with Ex-combatants in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Cyril K. Adonis
The Story Behind the Findings: Ethical and Emotional Challenges of Field Research in Conflict-Prone Environments
An Ansoms
Contested Moralities, Disputed Ethics: The Dilemmas of Conducting Research in Post-Conflict Environments
Bandita Sijapati
The Challenges of Doing Research on Child Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Shelly Whitman

For other topics presented at our Field Research and Ethics Workshop, held in December 2008, please see our Workshops page.