| While conducting empirical research and executing ethnographic fieldwork, researchers are often faced with various challenges and questions. Being an active dialogue between subject and object, the research obliges the researcher to reflect on theoretical-methodological and personal-ethical issues. During a series of seminars, national and international guests will be sharing their story behind the findings to introduce a profound reflection on methods and ethics in performing fieldwork. The research seminars take place in the Meeting room, Department of Third World Studies, Universiteitstraat 8 (1st floor), Ghent. For more information and registration, please contact Sigrid Vertommen
Programme
Tuesday, 8 November, 14:00 Does climate change drive land use conflicts in the Sahel? Methodological and ethical challenges of a political ecology perspective Tor Benjaminsen, Human Geography, Norwegian University of Life Sciences While climate change scenarios for the Sahel vary and are uncertain, the most popularized prediction says there will progressively be drier conditions with more erratic rainfall. According to some, an increase in violent conflicts over scarce resources should also be expected. This presentation investigates the climate-conflict nexus in detail, focusing on a distinct area at the heart of the Sahel, the Inland Delta of the Niger River in the Mopti region of Mali.
Tuesday, 20 December, 12:00 Between fascination and science: research among rebels and positionality Martin Doevenspeck, Social and population geograpy, University of Bayreuth The lecture addresses some challenges of doing research among rebels. Based on experiences with fieldwork in the territory of the Congolese war party CNDP (Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple) in 2008 and the rebels' charismatic leaders' attempts of converting the (sympathizing) researcher to their column, questions of positionality are put up for discussion.
Tuesday, 24 January, 12:30 Software applications for qualitative research: applicable for fieldwork-based research? Peter Stevens & Koen Vlassenroot This practical seminar will discuss the fact and fable about software applications for qualitative research, such as NVivo, Mendeley and Atlas Ti. Are these applications useful, practical and user-friendly for research that is based on fieldwork? |
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| 2011 | |
15 February 2011 Power, politics and justice in Rwanda: The Gacaca courts, post-genocide accountability and human rights Phil Clark (SOAS)
21 February 2011 Construction étatique et capitalisme de contrebande en Transnistrie (State building and ‘smuggling capitalism’ in Transnistria) (CRG Lecture Series) Florent Parmentier (Centre d’Études européennes, Sciences po Paris)
22 February 2011 Violence and its representations in Latin America and the Caribbean Jornada de los Latinoamericanistas Belgas y Luxemburgueses (LABEL) In association with the United Nations University
9 March 2011 Drugs, organised crime and statebuilding in the Golden Triangle and Afghanistan (CRG Lecture Series) Tom Kramer (Transnational Institute, Amsterdam)
30 March 2011 Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden: local causes, global implications (CRG Lecture Series) Peter Lehr (Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of Saint Andrews)
13 october 2011 'Here we go again…': Framing and explaining the Horn of Africa 'crisis' (CRG Lecture Series) Simon Levine (Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute)
25 October 2011 The crisis caravan: what’s wrong with humanitarian aid? An examination with regard to Somalia and the Horn of Africa (CRG Lecture Series) Linda Polman (journalist on conflict and development issues for NRC Handelsblad, The Guardian, Volkskrant and The Times)
27 October 2011 Emerging aid donors: the BRIC and the Arab Gulf countries Kerry Smith (Development Initiatives)
8 November 2011 Does climate change drive land use conflicts in the Sahel? Methodological and ethical challenges of a political ecology perspective (Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork) Tor Benjaminsen (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
10 November 2011 Looking beyond relief: Food security and food sovereignity in the complex emergencies of the Horn of Africa Gerrit-Jan van Uffelen (Universiteit Wageningen)
22 November 2011 Security, development and the geopolitics of humanitarian disaster in Eastern Africa (Public Lecture Series) David Anderson (University of Oxford)
23 November 2011 Pre-election in Kenya: A national and regional perspective David Anderson (University of Oxford) In cooperation with Observatoire de l'Afrique
20 December 2011 Between fascination and science: research among rebels and positionality (Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork) Martin Doevenspeck (Social and population Geography, University of Bayreuth)
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| 2010 | |
12-14 February 2010 Bringing the margings back in: War making and state making in the borderlands International workshop in collaboration with SOAS and the University of Zürich 9 March 2010 ‘Condemned to repeat?’ The paradox of humanitarian action (CRG Lecture Series) Fionna Terry (Duke University, North Carolina)
22 March 2010 Geopolitical dimensions of military-humanitarian relations in the Balkans and Afghanistan (CRG Lecture Series) Yann Braem (Deputy Head, Afghanistan-Pakistan Interagency Team, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes, Paris)
27 April 2010 ’From our own correspondents’: aid and the media. How user-generated content alters power dynamics in reporting humanitarian crises (CRG Lecture Series) Glenda Cooper (Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford)
10 May 2010 'Aiding war, aiding peace': the future of humanitarian interventions (CRG Lecture Series) Théa Hilhorst (Disaster Studies, University of Wageningen)
27 May 2010 Making "India's Red Belt", a BBC Radio documentary on the Maoist revolution in India (Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork) Alpa Shah (Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London)
8 December 2010 Booklaunch: The Lord's Resistance Army: Myth and reality in association with Egmont: The Royal Institute for International Relations and London School of Economics |
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1 April 2009 The city as a humanitarian space (CRG Lecture Series) François Grünewald
21 April 2009 Slumdog warriors? Urban violence in Mumbai and Karachi (CRG Lecture Series) Ward Berenschot & Laurent Gayer
30 April 2009 From guerrilla to favella: the changing face of violence in Latin America (CRG Lecture Series) Dennis Rodgers & Kees Koonings
19 May 2009 The (in)visible city: conflict and survival in Kinshasa and Bukavu (CRG Lecture Series) Femke van Zeijl & Filip De Boeck
7 October 2009 "Sensory Exiles in the Field: Reflections on Research with Karenni Refugees in Camps in Thailand" (Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork) Sandra Dudley
18 November 2009 "Remote control research in DRC: Notes on Methods" (Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork) Théodore Trefon
11 December 2009 Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork Patricia Spyer & Ben White
15 December 2009 Workshop: The impact of the 'war on terror' on contemporary armed intrastate conflicts |
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| 2008 | |
16 January 2008 Bloesems aan een Chinese pruimelaar: Debat China: Breuk en continuïteit (ism De Bijloke) Catherine Vuylsteke & John Vandaele
13 February 2008 Post-conflict reintegration in Aceh (CRG Lecture Series) Leena Avonius
27 February 2008 No war no peace in Burundi (CRG Lecture Series) Marta Martinelli
13 March 2008 Drugs and peace-building in Afghanistan (CRG Lecture Series) Jonathan Goodhand
20 March 2008 Liefde en verrraad op de Balkan: Debat Kosovo: Het gekozen trauma (ism De Bijloke) Yannick Du Pont & Salvatore Di Rosa
8 April 2008 Joodse stemmen bij islamitische buren: Lecture Jews under Islam: The musical dimension (ism De Bijloke) Edwin Seroussi
9 April 2008 Joodse stemmen bij islamitische buren: Debat Joden onder de Islam (ism De Bijloke) Aaron Malinsky & Lucas Catherine
9 April 2008 The limits of power sharing in African conflicts (CRG Lecture Series) Andreas Mehler
23 April 2008 State collapse and reconstruction: Which scope for fresh starts? (CRG Lecture Series) Martin Doornbos
7 May 2008 How to pay for the peace (CRG Lecture Series) Christopher Cramer
8 May 2008 Van Spanje tot Afghanistan (ism De Bijloke) Jo Van Steenbergen
10 May 2008 Conference: Stereotypes and the South Asian Culture
17 December 2008 Conference: Governance without government in Africa's protracted crises
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| 2007 | |
2-3 March 2007 The Lord's Resistance Arm:
War, Peace and Reconciliation
8 March 2007 The ICC, Justice Systems and Reconciliation
16 March 2007 La transition de l'économie de guerre à l'économie de paix en République démocratique du Congo.
4 May 2007 Responsibility to Protect Nick Grono (International Crisis Group, Brussels)
24 October 2007 Perzisch-Indiase Dialoog: Debat De actuele situatie in Iran (ism De Bijloke) Dick Leurdijk &
Turaj Atabaki
24 November 2007 Soefinacht in Punjab: Debat 60 Jaar Indian en Pakistan (ism De Bijloke) Gie Goris & Oskar Verkaaik
12 December 2007 Naar een Perzisch-Turkse trance: Debat Mystiek en verzet: Soefisme in de islamitische wereld (ism De Bijloke) Khasan Bakaev & Gino Schallenbergh
18 December 2007 War and social change in West Africa (CRG Lecture Series) Paul Richards
20 December 2007 International criminal justice in African war zones (CRG Lecture Series) Tim Allen |
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9 March 2006
16 March 2006
18 April 2006
8 May 2006
17 May 2006 Somalie: 15 jaar zonder regering
May, 22, 2006 Participatory Rural Development in India |
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7 March 2005
22 March 2005
22 April 2005
25 April 2005
15 November 2005 Masters of Persian Music : Exploring the links between politics and culture in Iran
23-25 November 2005
7 December 2005 |
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26-28 May 2004 |
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