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Adjirakor, Nikitta ; Ajayi, Oladapo Opeyemi ; Alhassane, Najoum A. ; Ayeh, Anna Madeleine ; Diman, Hanza ; Yuan, Mingqing:
Fieldwork Experiences and Practices in Africa.
ed.: Adjirakor, Nikitta ; Ajayi, Oladapo Opeyemi ; Diman, Hanza ; Yuan, Mingqing
Bayreuth
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Institute of African Studies, University of Bayreuth
,
2021
. - VIII, 80 S.
- (University of Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers
; 27
)
(BIGSASworks; 10)
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Abstract
This tenth edition of BIGSASworks! explores different theoretical and methodological approaches to fieldwork experiences, practices, and challenges in African Studies. Employing multidisciplinary perspectives and lenses that include intersectionality, decolonization and reflexivity, the contributors discuss how fieldwork can question, upend and reconfigure the research experience. All contributions are underlined by a critical reflection on positionality, exploring the intersections between different positions emanating from parenting, age, marriage, race, motherhood, nationality, diaspora, language, and religion. In particular, there is a conscious reflection on often marginalized positions and perspectives in the field, underscored by a critical reflection of the positions of the contributors as attached to institutions in the global north, in relation to their work in the global south. The contributors reinforce the need for critical reflections on the practice of fieldwork in African studies, underscoring the intersections between lived experience and the research process.
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| Item Type: | Working paper, discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | African Studies; fieldwork; positionality; reflexivity; decolonisation; Ghana; Togo; Niger; Kenya; Tanzania; Benin; Nigeria; field experience |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 800 Literature 900 History and geography > 960 History of Africa |
| Institutions of the University: | Graduate Schools > BIGSAS Graduate Schools |
| Language: | English |
| Originates at UBT: | Yes |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-5680-3 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2021 11:37 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2023 11:54 |
| URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/5680 |
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