Torn many ways [electronic resource] : politics, conflict and emotion in research / Max Krüger, Debora De Castro Leal, David Randall, Peter Tolmie, editors.
Krüger, Max.; De Castro Leal, Debora.; Randall, David.; Tolmie, Peter.
2023
Q180.55.S62 T67 2023
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Title Torn many ways [electronic resource] : politics, conflict and emotion in research / Max Krüger, Debora De Castro Leal, David Randall, Peter Tolmie, editors.
ISBN 9783031316425 (electronic bk.)
3031316428 (electronic bk.)
303131641X
9783031316418
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31642-5
Publication Details Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (198 p.).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-31642-5 doi
Call Number Q180.55.S62 T67 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.483
Summary This edited collection brings together a range of experiences from the field, largely in the context of CSCW and HCI. It focuses specifically on the experiences of people who have worked in difficult, tense, delicate and sometimes conflictual and dangerous settings. The tensions faced by researchers and, more importantly, how they manage to deal with them are often under-remarked. Unlike the bulk of published ethnographic work, the chapters in this book deal more explicitly with the various practical problems that researchers with varying degrees of experience face. Our aim in this book is to give a voice to researchers who have sometimes contended with unexpected issues and who sometimes have had to face them on their own. We explore incidents which may entail emotional conflict, embarrassment and shame, feelings of isolation, arguments with other members of a team, political pressures, and ideological confusions, to name but a few. Senior figures in research laboratories and elsewhere may provide intellectual direction and support but may not always recognise the personal and problematic nature of qualitative enquiry undertaken by relatively inexperienced researchers. The chapters examine feelings of isolation, the difficulty of taking sides, the negotiation of personal, ethical, and political pressures in the field, and dealing with conflicting visions of what the research should be about. The book is a resource for those embarking on the challenges of working in unfamiliar or difficult settings and moreover should act as a reminder to academics who might have forgotten the practical issues that researchers can face and how they deal with them.
Note Study the Language, Dialects, Local Customs, and Religions
Bibliography, etc. Note References -- 3 Messy Tales from Fieldwork for Design -- Introduction -- Why Study Mess in Fieldwork? -- How to Capture Mess in Fieldwork? -- Reflexive Methodology and Confessionals -- Fieldwork Cases -- Before Entering the Field Site -- Bounding Practices and Producing the Field Site -- Negotiating Access to the Field -- On the Way to the Field -- While in the Field Site -- Feeling the Field Site -- Listening to the Field Site -- "Go Out to the Field and Get Your Hands Dirty" -- Sorting Out Messy Conflicts and Complexities -- Turning Empirical Uncertainties into Knowledge Providers
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 23, 2023).
Added Author Krüger, Max.
De Castro Leal, Debora.
Randall, David.
Tolmie, Peter.
Series Human-computer interaction series.
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Intro
Contents
About the Editors
1 Introduction
References
2 Intercultural Misunderstandings: An Indian-Dutch Research Project in the Early 1970s
Intercultural Misunderstandings: An Indian-Dutch Research Project in the Early 1970s
Reflexivity, Positionality, Decolonisation
Research Assistants, Translators, Co-authors
The Indian-Dutch Research Project
Primordial Attachments
Diffuse and Multi-stranded
Retreat Versus Status
Egalitarian Versus Hierarchical
A Car for Common Use
Misunderstandings
The Mount Wilson Trip
Discussion and Conclusion

Final Words
References
4 Becoming an Activist, Becoming a Researcher
Introduction
My Position
References
5 Another Rant About Technology
Another Rant About Technology
Alternatives to the Inflexible Algorithms in Public Services
Who Decides that Street-Level Algorithms Are 'Ready' for Public Service Usage
Why 'Ranting' and Problematising ...?
Thinking Problematically from the Inside-Out
Which Moments Are Made to Count
A Question of Human Discretion or Compliance
A Question of Human-Ready AI or AI-Ready Humans

Closing Remarks: The Emotional Toll on Researchers
References
6 Minutes to Deportation: Confronting Danger and Threat in the Levant
What Is the Levant?
A Series of Conflicts, Millions of Refugees
How Does that Affect Us as Ethnographers?
"Ghaad" is It "Bokra"?
No "Kufiyya" of Palestine Among Palestinians!
Mr. Anonymous: Things I Learned
Officially Promoted!
Hospitality, Dignity, and Longing to Home
"Ibn El-A' am" (Hey Cousin): Diplomacy and Family Ties
"Sukkan Amman" a Resident of Amman: Dialect and Veneration
Joining Research Teams: More Things I Learned

"Ustath Salah" Suddenly in the Spotlight: Illiteracy, Poverty, Loss of Face, and Social Positionality
"The Walls Have Ears"
"Only if You Accept Our Invitation for Dinner": Friendship, Generosity, Sharing Food, Pride, Concealment and Openness, Time Management
"Fruitful Beirut, and Educative Tripoli": Networking, Safety, Accommodating Change, Grievance, and Political Positionality
"If You Ever Met My Son, Just Say Hi to Him from Me"
A Revoked Visa: "Go Back from Where You Came"
Key Takeaways and Lessons Learned
Study Your Literature, Make Room for the Field's Input

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