Researching the Middle East (eBook, PDF)

Cultural, Conceptual, Theoretical and Practical Issues
Redaktion: Charles, Lorraine; Ronchi, Monica; Pappe, Ilan

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Produktbeschreibung

The core mission of this textbook is to help and support both new and established scholars looking to expand their research in the Middle East and North Africa, navigating issues that relate to positionality, ethics and ethnocentric biases. 16 researchers share their invaluable first-hand experiences and examine the cultural, conceptual, methodological and practical challenges of working on and in MENA region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474440325
• Artikelnr.: 72413433

Autorenporträt

Lorraine Charles is Head of Research at Angela M Solomon Communications, and a PhD candidate at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. She has published articles in the Journal of International Women's Studies. Ilan Pappé is Professor of History and Director for the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is author of numerous books, the most recent being The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (Oneworld, 2015), The Idea of Israel (Verso, 2014) and The Modern Middle East; A Social and Cultural History (Routledge, 2014). Monica Ronchi is a postgraduate teaching assistant and PhD candidate at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Researching Political Dynamics in the Middle East
1. The Past is Here: Reflections on modern Middle Eastern Historiography
Ilan Pappé
2. Doing research in conflict and post-conflict contexts
Irene Costantini and Sansom Milton
3. Researching (and deconstructing) Sectarianism in Lebanon and Beyond
Ana Almuedo-Castillo
4. Researching Livelihoods for Syrian Refugees in Protectionist Labour
Markets: The Cases of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
Lorraine Charles
Part II: Identity and Positionality in Research
5. Sensitivities of researching 'identity' among national populations of
the Gulf States: a case study from Dubai
Idil Akinci
6. 'Here be Dragons: Navigating the Problems of Researching 'Terrorism' and
Critical Terrorism Studies
Richard McNeil-Willson
7. Positionality and Access: Doing Surveys and Empirical Research in the
Middle East
Bethany Shockley
Part III: Conducting Ethnographic Research
8. Women, Conflict and the Everyday: Feminist Ethnographies in Palestine
and Kurdistan
Sophie Richter-Devroe and Veronica Buffon
9. From the ethical to the practical: cases of working with interpreters in
Middle East Studies
Alex Mahoudeau & Yves Mirman
10. Conducting Research in Arabic: challenges and new perspectives
Giorgia Ferrari
Part IV: Research through Text, Symbols and Technology
11. Problems of Method: Applying 'Western Literary Theory' to Arabic Texts
Hannah Scott Deuchar
12. YouTube and Ethnography in the Middle East: Creative Access in
Difficult Places
Kenneth H. Schmitt
13. Reading the Signs: Toward a Semiotic Approach in Islamic Studies
Pierre Hecker