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Title Researching peace, conflict, and power in the field : methodological challenges and opportunities / Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, Sigrun Marie Moss, Özden Melis Uluğ, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Peace psychology book series
Peace psychology book series.
Contents 1. Introduction -- Part I : Research team -- 2. Conducting field research amid violence : experiences from Colombia -- 3. Keepers of local know-how in conflict : conversations between research assistant and researcher -- 4. Conceptualizing the interpreter in field interviews in post-conflict settings : reflections from psychological research in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 5. Doing research on Turkish-Armenian relations in Turkey, Armenia, and the Armenian diaspora : the challenges and opportunities of Turkish researchers in the field -- 6. Confronting conflicting attitudes about racial bias in the United States : how communicator identities shape audience reception -- Part II : Research population -- 7. Data collection with Indigenous people : fieldwork experiences from Chile -- 8. On the borders : research with refugees of conflict -- 9. Taking sides With Swedish protesters : gaining and maintaining trust in the field -- 10. Field research on collective victimization in the Indian subcontinent : challenges and strategies for navigation -- 11. Kurdish Alevis in the Turkish-Kurdish peace process : reflections on conducting research in Turkey’s “buffer zone” -- Part III : Practical applications -- 12. Implementing social-psychological interventions in the field : insights from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- 13. Sense and sensitivities : researching children and young people’s identity and social attitudes in a divided society -- 14. The benefits and challenges of randomized control trials in conflict environments : reflections from a scholar-practitioner -- Part IV : Reflections and meta-reflections -- 15. When research, identity and context merge : a reflexive assessment on studying peace during conflict -- 16. A reflection on the politics of knowledge production at South African universities : when Black identity meets legacies of institutional racism -- 17. Being a wanderer, stranger, public enemy and a “useful idiot” : a few personal remarks on performing and communicating psychological research in conflicted areas -- 18. Recovering the everyday within and for decolonial peacebuilding through politico-affective space -- 19. Concluding remarks
Summary This edited volume offers useful resources for researchers conducting fieldwork in various global conflict contexts, bringing together a range of international voices to relay important methodological challenges and opportunities from their experiences. The book provides an extensive account of how people do conflict research in difficult contexts, critically evaluating what it means to do research in the field and what the role of the researcher is in that context. Among the topics discussed: Conceptualizing the interpreter in field interviews in post-conflict settings, Data collection with Indigenous people, Challenges to implementation of social psychological interventions, Researching children and young peoples identity and social attitudes Insider and outsider dynamics when doing research in difficult contexts, Working with practitioners and local organizations. Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field is a valuable guide for students and scholars interested in conflict research, social psychologists, and peace psychologists engaged in conflict-related fieldwork
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 17, 2020)
Subject Social psychology -- Fieldwork
Peace -- Research.
Social conflict -- Research
Social, group or collective psychology.
Psychological methodology.
Peace studies & conflict resolution.
The self, ego, identity, personality.
Psychology -- Social Psychology.
Psychology -- Research & Methodology.
Political Science -- Peace.
Psychology -- Personality.
Peace -- Research
Social conflict -- Research
Mediació internacional.
Gestió de conflictes.
Psicologia social.
Actitud (Psicologia)
Metodologia de les ciències socials.
Comportament col·lectiu.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Acar, Yasemin Gülsüm, editor.
Moss, Sigrun Marie, editor.
Uluğ, Özden Melis, editor.
ISBN 9783030441135
303044113X