Researching Central Asia Navigating Positionality in the Field /

Researching Central Asia Navigating Positionality in the Field /

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This open access book explores some of the struggles and challenges that researchers and practitioners face when conducting research in the Central Asian research setting. Written for scholars still in the planning stages of their research, it addresses key questions, including: How shall we problem...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dall'Agnola, Jasmin (Editor), Sharshenova, Aijan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.
Edition:1st ed. 2024.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
Subjects:
Political science.
Sociology > Methodology.
Ethnology.
Asia > Politics and government.
Methodology of Political Science.
Sociological Methods.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Asian Politics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The Central Asian Research Setting. An Introduction (Jasmin Dall'Agnola)
  • Part I. Epistemic and Methodological Uncertainty
  • Chapter 2. Making Sense of Central Asia: Sources of Epistemic Uncertainty (Aziz Elmuradov)
  • Chapter 3. Pitfalls and Promise for Public Opinion Research in Central Asia (Kasiet Ysmanova)
  • Chapter 4. 'Swiping Right' - The Ethics of Using Tinder as a Recruitment Tool in the Field (Paolo Sorbello)
  • Part II. Beyond 'Outsiders' and 'Locals'
  • Chapter 5. The Power of a Multi-layered Identity in Central Asian Research (Gulzhanat Gafu)
  • Chapter 6. Being Afghani, French and not Soviet, Along the Border Between Tajikistan and Afghanistan (Mélanie Sadozaï)
  • Chapter 7. A Stranger in the Village: Anti-Blackness in the Field (Alexa Kurmanov)
  • Part III. Doing Research in Closed Contexts
  • Chapter 8. Safety, Security, and Self-Censorship as Survival Strategies (Aijan Sharshenova)
  • Chapter 9. Navigating AcademicRepression in Central Asia (Ruslan Norov)
  • Chapter 10. Performative Heterosexuality: A Gay Researcher Doing Fieldwork in Central Asia (Marius Honig)
  • Chapter 11. From Romantic Advances to Cyberstalking in the Field (Jasmin Dall'Agnola).

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