Reflections on unlearning whiteness during research fieldwork

Bressmer, Janine (2020) Reflections on unlearning whiteness during research fieldwork. Africa at LSE (28 Jan 2020), pp. 1-8. Blog Entry.

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Abstract

When carrying out fieldwork, researchers may actively participate in the structural and physical power dynamics they aim to critique. Writing on her embodied experience and research into humanitarian security management in Ethiopia, Janine Bressmer addresses the importance of understanding a researcher’s identity for the narratives it may create or overlook.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2020 15:00
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103750

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