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SUMMARY:Dealing with insecurity in the field: reflections on fieldwork in 
 Laikipia\, Kenya - Sipke Shaughnessy (Department of Geography)
DTSTART:20180522T100000Z
DTEND:20180522T110000Z
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will draw on my own experiences doing fieldwo
 rk during a period of insecurity and violence in northern Laikipia\, Kenya
  to discuss the kinds of dangers that researchers doing fieldwork often fa
 ce. I will consider the challenges I faced in reorienting my research to e
 nsure my own safety\, and the stress involved in doing so. Not all dangers
  are so explicit\, and so I will also discuss the increasing insecurity of
  field research more generally\, particularly in relation to the problem o
 f research fatigue among populations frequently targeted for research proj
 ects. Indeed\, some of the personal dangers I faced during fieldwork had r
 esulted from suspicions regarding my presence as a foreign researcher duri
 ng a time of crisis. A failure to fully inform research participants of re
 search outcomes over the years has\, in many cases\, resulted in a deep su
 spicion of researchers that poses a threat to the possibility of fieldwork
  if ethical procedures are not reviewed.  I hope to discuss some possibil
 ities for alternative engagement with research participants\, including th
 e importance of participatory approaches\, to ensure the sustainability of
  fieldwork in the future.'\n
LOCATION:HB101\, Sir William Hardy Building Seminar Room\, Department of G
 eography
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