Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Examines the concept of positionality through native and non-native voices
- Offers a decolonial perspective on field research
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
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About this book
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 problematize and reconceptualize the concept of positionality through lenses of local voices from the region? How does practitioners’ and scholars’ positionality contribute to their experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and access to the field? How do scholars navigate issues of personal safety and mental well-being in the more closely monitored societies of Central Asia?
The book includes contributors from both Central Asia and Western countries, paying particular attention to the ways researchers’ subjectivity shape how they are received in the region, which, in turn, influences how they write about and disseminate their research. In featuring an even greater variety of voices, this book fills an important gap in the literature on field research and knowledge production in and on Central Asia.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Epistemic and Methodological Uncertainty
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Beyond ‘Outsiders’ and ‘Locals’
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Doing Research in Closed Contexts
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Aijan Sharshenova is a postdoctoral research fellow at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Dr. Sharshenova holds a Ph.D. in Politics awarded at the University of Leeds, UK. Prior to joining the OSCE Academy, Dr. Sharshenova has worked at the UN and UNDP country offices in the Middle East.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Researching Central Asia
Book Subtitle: Navigating Positionality in the Field
Editors: Jasmin Dall'Agnola, Aijan Sharshenova
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39024-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39023-4Published: 14 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-39024-1Published: 13 October 2023
Series ISSN: 2191-5466
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5474
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 104
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Social Sciences, general, Social Anthropology, Asian Politics