Abstract
This chapter considers unique challenges of field research in settings where armed conflict has taken place and/or is ongoing. It opens with a vignette from a personal gendered field experience that highlights the limits of trust with some research participants and trade-offs involved in navigating the risks to the researcher’s safety. Building on this experience, the chapter draws implications for researcher training on the kinds of practical concerns that researchers should consider in preparation for fieldwork, unanticipated dilemmas that can emerge during fieldwork and require decision-making in situ, and possible consequences of fieldwork in armed conflict settings, including vicarious trauma.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Handbook of Field Research |
| Editors | Daniel Hammett, Naomi Holmes |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 27 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 25 Nov 2024 |