Participating and observing: Positionality and fieldwork relations during Kenya's post-election crisis

Area

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-368

  Bachmann, Veit ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Kenyan crisis; Multiple identities; Participant observation; Positionality; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ELECTION; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FIELDWORK; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

KENYA;

EID: 79960996340     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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