Women Researching in Africa The Impact of Gender /

This edited collection explores the lives, consequences and motivations of female researchers in Africa, giving unprecedented insights into how their gender-and sometimes their ethnicity and age-impacted on their research experiences, and how doing research in Africa affected them as women. Each con...

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Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Diğer Yazarlar: Jackson, Ruth (Editör), Kelly, Max (Editör)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Konular:
Sex.
Ethnology.
Economic development.
Gender Studies.
Sociocultural Anthropology.
Development Studies.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
İçindekiler:
  • 1. Women researching in Africa: The impact of gender; Ruth Jackson and Max Kelly
  • Part I: Gender and identity as a female researcher in Africa
  • 2. ''Gone native?': Reflections of a feminist tightrope walker's research on 'land grabbing' and the dilemmas of 'fieldworking' while parenting; Rama Salla Dieng
  • 3. Identity and experience in Malawi: Challenges and observations; Joanna Woods
  • 4. Navigating gender performance: Ethics and culture in researching family care for cancer patients in Ghana; Deborah Atobrah
  • 5. When in Rome...: Navigating decolonial research as a diasporic Black woman; Lioba Hirsch
  • 6. Reflections on the dilemmas of feminist fieldwork in Africa; Tanya Lyons
  • Part II: Relationships with 'others' as a female researcher in Africa
  • 7. Researching the rural: A Mzungu loose in Africa; Max Kelly- 8. Women and anthropologists in West Africa: comparing two research experiences; Ester Botta Somparé and Mara Vitale
  • 9. Constant questioning on-and-off the page: Race, decolonial ethics and women researching in Africa; Amber Murrey; 10. Lessons Learned on Research Methods and Researcher Stance in Africa; Jody L. McBrien
  • Part III: Methodological challenges for female researchers in Africa
  • 11. Challenges and opportunities of doing fieldwork as a woman on women in Guinea; Carole Ammann
  • 12. On walking alone and walking with others: Framing activities and decisions by time and distance in Kafa Zone, Ethiopia; Ruth Jackson
  • 13. Gender and positionality: Opportunities, challenges and ethical dilemmas in Ghana and Sierra Leone; Vanessa van den Boogaard
  • 14. Historiography of African Market Women; Mutiat Oladejo
  • 15. Women researching Africa: linking experience to practice; Max Kelly and Ruth Jackson. .

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