November 30, 2012
Teresa Koloma Beck, « Susanne Buckley-Zistel: Researching normalisation in/of armed conflict », Armed Conflict and the Everyday, ID : 10670/1.hlxb81
Susanne Buckley-Zistel started her presentation, by characterising field research as a method, which is particular challenging as it means gathering data under conditions in which one gives up familiar levels of control. I. e. it involves confrontations with the unknown. The "field" in conflict research is characterised by a highly levels of volatility. This is one of the major challenges to field research, but at the same time it is the main argument for conducting field research. As Carolyn...