Fieldwork research challenged: constraints, needs and opportunities

Silvia Carenzi on Field, researchers at risk, fieldwork, ethnography

Scholars are increasingly aware that fieldwork research in conflict-prone, politically unstable or authoritarian areas can pose specific risks. To respond, at least in part, to such risks, academic institutions have introduced new regulations and restrictions. While it is imperative that safety and security are taken seriously, it is a fact that emerging regulations are often

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