by: Elizabeth Wanucha, Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Georgetown University – Qatar
Tips for Hosting Virtual Research Workshops
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University-Qatar (GU-Q) is a research center…
by: Ato Kwamena Onoma, CODESRIA
As the COVID-19 outbreak spread to West Africa in early 2020, I took an interest in the scapegoating of returning Senegalese migrants based in Southern European countries by their fellow citizens in Senegal.
Kachambwa, M. (2022). Virtual conferences exclude most African women – how can we be heard? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/23/african-womens-voices-and-experiences-need-to-be-heard-at-un-global-conferences
by: Mohammad Isaqzadeh, Princeton University
I arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 1st, 2020, to conduct two rounds of survey, studying the relationship between violence and religiosity. It was such a euphoric moment for me.
by: Thomas S. Benson, University of Delaware
My research explores environmental sustainability in cities, and smart cities. My dissertation focuses on four cities – Washington D.C. and Boston in the U.S., and Leeds and Bristol in the UK – which I examine on two fronts.
Lundmark, A. M., Augland, L. E., & Jørgensen, S. V. (2020). Digital fieldwork with Fieldmove – how do digital tools influence geoscience students’ learning experience in the field? Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 44: 3. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2020.1712685
Kagoyire, M. (2021). Doing research during the Covid-19 pandemic: Coping with risks, managing the consequences. Kujenga Amani. https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2021/11/10/doing-research-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-coping-with-risks-managing-the-consequences/
Jeftić, A., G. Ikizer, J. Tuominen, S. Chrona, & R. Kumaga. (2021). Connection between the COVID-19 pandemic, war trauma reminders, perceived stress, loneliness, and PTSD in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02407-x
by: Danny Hirschel-Burns, Yale University
March 2020 was an exciting time for my dissertation research. After two months in Bogotá, Colombia, I made my first trip to my field site of Orillas, Antioquia…
Chengeta, G. (2021). Creating and caring for feminist digital archives in Africa. GenderIT.org. https://www.genderit.org/articles/creating-and-caring-feminist-digital-archives-africa?utm_source=pocket_mylist
by Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wangari Maathai Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies
Covid-19 hit just as I was about to embark on a summer of fieldwork in 2020 in Uganda and Botswana, followed by research over winter break and the following summer (i.e., 2021) in Mauritania and Namibia.
by Jack Rechsteiner and Betsy Sneller, Michigan State University
Like many research programs that rely on ethnographic fieldwork, traditional sociolinguistic research relies heavily on researchers building rapport with participants by spending time in their communities and sitting down with them in person to audio-record informal conversations.
Rosenzweig, L. & Zhou, Y. (2021). Team and nation: Sports, nationalism, and attitudes toward refugees. Comparative Political Studies, 54(12), 2123-2154. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0010414021997498
Madimu, T. (2021). Reflections on conducting fieldwork during the Covid-19 pandemic. Social Science Research Council. https://kujenga-amani.ssrc.org/2021/09/02/reflections-on-conducting-fieldwork-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Cardoza, D., Watanabe, C., Günel, G., & Varma, S. (2021). Interview: Patchwork ethnography. Society for Cultural Anthropology. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/interview-patchwork-ethnography
Günel, G., Varma, S., & Watanabe, C. (2020). A manifesto for patchwork ethnography. Society for Cultural Anthropology. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/a-manifesto-for-patchwork-ethnography
Octavia, J. (2021). Networks of trust: accessing informal work online in Indonesia during COVID-19. International Labour Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12229
Kaufman, M., Wright, K., Simon, J., Edwards, G., Thrul, J., & DuBois, D. (2021). Mentoring in the time of COVID-19: An analysis of online focus groups with mentors to youth. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12543
Turner, D. (2021). Managing qualitative coding systems. Quirkos. https://www.quirkos.com/blog/post/managing-qualitative-coding-systems/
Bates-Jeffreys, E., & Phillips, P. (2021). Are [eople or computers better at asking difficult questions about intimate partner violence?. Innovations for Poverty Action. https://www.poverty-action.org/blog/are-people-or-computers-better-asking-difficult-questions-about-intimate-partner-violence
Hagen, J. (2021). On the fieldwork we choose NOT to do. jamiejhagen.com. https://www.jamiejhagen.com/post/on-the-fieldwork-we-choose-not-to-do
Micinski, N., Norman, K.. (2021). From fieldwork to ‘home’-work: An analysis of EUTF projects in North and East Africa. APSA Migration and Citizenship Newsletter 8. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1uNT_Nf4qqds1VVcX4zzNSwZqzBn2kpcQ
Jong, J.. (2021). Talking about politics online: Conducting sensitive focus groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. APSA Migration and Citizenship Newsletter 8. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1uNT_Nf4qqds1VVcX4zzNSwZqzBn2kpcQ
Golesorkhi, L., Fortson, G., Riedmann, T., Harder, K.. (2021). Migration, gender, and COVID-19. APSA Migration and Citizenship Newsletter 8. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1uNT_Nf4qqds1VVcX4zzNSwZqzBn2kpcQ
Bonilla, Y., & Rosa, J. (2015). #Ferguson: Digital protest, hashtag ethnography, and the racial politics of social media in the United States. American Ethnologist 42(1), 4–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12112