Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention

Berit Bliesemann de Guevara is Reader in Peacebuilding in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Morten Bøås is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

• Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention into Violent and Closed Contexts ~ Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten BøåsPart I: Control and ConfusionShifting Identities, Policy Networks, and the Practical and Ethical Challenges of Gaining Access to the Field in Interventions ~ Roland KostićInterpretivist Methods and Military Intervention Research: Using Interview Research to De- centre the ‘Intervener’ ~ Casey McNeillThe Interview as a Cultural Performance and the Value of Surrendering Control ~ Markus GöranssonUnequal Research Relationships in Highly Insecure Places: Of Fear, Funds and Friendship ~ Morten BøåsPart II: Security and RiskThe Politics of Safe Research in Violent and Illiberal Contexts ~ Alessandra Russo and Francesco Strazzari The Politics and Ethics of Fieldwork in Post-conflict Environments: The Dilemmas of a Vocational Approach ~ John Heathershaw and Parviz MullojonovChallenges of Research in an Active Conflict Environment ~ Boukary Sangaré and Jaimie BleckOn Assessing Risk Assessments and Situating Security Advice: The Unsettling Quest for ‘Security Expertise’ ~ Judith VerweijenBeing Watched and Being Handled ~ Jesse DriscollPart III: Distance and ClosenessPositioning in an Insecure Field: Reflections on Negotiating Identity ~ Maria- Louise ClausenA Different Form of Intervention? Revisiting the Role of Researchers in Post-war Contexts ~ Daniela LaiThe Road to Darfur: Ethical and Practical Challenges of Embedded Research in Areas of Open Conflict ~ Mateja PeterInterpretation by Proxy? Interpretive Fieldwork with Local Associates in Areas of Restricted Research Access ~ Katarina KušićPart IV: Sex and SensitivitySex Workers and Sugar Babies: Empathetic Engagement with Vulnerable Sources ~ Kathleen M. JenningsLifting the Burden? The Ethical Implications of Studying Exemplary, Not Pathological, Wartime Sexual Conduct ~ Angela Muvumba SellströmUnexpected Grey Areas, Innuendo and Webs of Complicity: Experiences of Researching Sexual Exploitation in UN Peacekeeping Missions ~ Henri Myrttinen Sexual Exploitation, Rape and Abuse as a Narrative and a Strategy ~ Ingunn BjørkhaugTen Things to Consider Before, During and After Fieldwork in a Violent or Closed Context ~ Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Bøås