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Author Dall'Agnola, Jasmin

Title Researching in the Former Soviet Union Stories from the Field
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (169 p.)
Series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface by Hélène Thibault -- A Note from the Editors -- Introduction: The Challenges of Fieldwork in Post-Soviet Societies -- PART I: Stories from the Post-Soviet Field -- 1. Understanding and Managing One's Own Mistrust: The Value of Embodied Ethnography during Fieldwork in a Contested Postwar Polity -- 2. Doing Fieldwork (Not Quite) at Home: Reflecting on an Expat's Positionality in Lithuania -- 3. A Woman of Her Word Prepared for the Worst: Researching Drug Trafficking in Kazakhstan
PART II: Stories from the Hybrid Field -- 4. "Hanging Out" with the Boys: The Female Participant Observer in a Male-Dominated Group -- 5. Balancing Diasporic Ties and Research: A Ukrainian-Canadian's Reflection on Fieldwork in Ukraine -- PART III: Stories from the Digital Field -- 6. Listening and Its Limits: Reflections on Fieldwork in/on Kyrgyzstan -- 7. The Academic Lion Skin: Balancing Doctoral Research with Motherhood -- Afterword: Gaining Access to the Field -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Social sciences -- Research -- Soviet Union
Form Electronic book
Author Edwards, Allyson
Howlett, Marnie
ISBN 9781000803495
100080349X