Methods of Violence: Researcher Safety and Adaptability in Times of Conflict

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Slack ◽  
Daniel Martinez ◽  
Prescott Vandervoet
Keyword(s):  
Undocumented Migrants ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Difficult Decision ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Research Site

During a research project on the experiences of undocumented migrants that had been apprehended and returned to Mexico, we were faced with the difficult decision regarding continuation of research following several high-profile incidents of violence near our research site. There were a variety of opinions among the researchers involved. In this article we have included three different researchers' voices and opinions. These perspectives lead us to address broader issues involved with our responsibility as researchers to document the most prominent issues affecting our research localities in a reasonable albeit methodological manner.

Playing with Positionality?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kingston
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Civil War ◽  
The Political ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Associational Life ◽  
Political Dynamics ◽  
Research Site ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions

The chapter outlines how researchers take on different roles and positionalities as they adapt to the field, moving, for instance, from that of an “outsider” laden with externalized theoretical assumptions and having few contacts with and knowledge of the research site to one approaching, to varying degrees, that of a “pseudo-insider.” Indeed, the argument here is that researchers make choices when moving from outsider to insider roles (and between them), contingently adapting their positionality in the hope to better understand the political dynamics that underlie research projects. The setting is post-civil war Lebanon and the research project revolves around an examination of the micropolitics of civil society and associational life in this re-emerging but fragmented polity.

scholarly journals Reinventing Linguistic Ethnographic Fieldwork During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Noémi Fazakas ◽  
Blanka Barabás
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Digital Ethnography ◽  
Virtual Ethnography ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Research Site ◽  
Linguistic Ethnography ◽  
Non Local

Abstract Our paper discusses the methodological implications of an ethnographic linguistic research project in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Starting from pertinent definitions of linguistic ethnography and interpretations of the field, we offer a demonstration of the process in which this particular participatory research project was faced with the fact that the field became unavailable and inaccessible for the non-local participants. We argue that moving the research online in this case does not mean a shift to “virtual ethnography” (Hine) or “digital ethnography” (Varis), but provides an example for the research site as an emerging construct which adds to the complexities of ethnographic research.

‘Oohing and ahhing’: The power of thin(g)king in art education research

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Jean Hood ◽  
Tyson E. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Art Education ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Collective Agency ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Material World ◽  
Research Site ◽  
Dissertation Research ◽  
Materialist Theory

In this article, we seek to explore what new materialist theory and post-intentional phenomenology bring to art education research. Materiality is contextualized politically and historically, and then applied to an emerging research methodology which attempts to centre the material world as a key participant in an art education dissertation research project. The research site, a creative reuse store, serves as both context and participant as the authors explore the powerful collective agency of materiality in processes of art making. Portions of findings from the project are presented here and a new theory of thin(g)king is discussed.

Reflections on Obtaining Archival Data from the Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Carolyn Deller
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research Site

This article draws on my experiences conducting field research utilizing archival company data and provides a roadmap for such projects. Specifically, I provide an overview of the main stages typically involved in a field study utilizing archival company data: finding a suitable research site; visiting the research site; receiving the data; processing the data; and completing the research project. In so doing, I highlight many of the opportunities as well as challenges involved in such projects. My hope is that sharing my experiences will prove useful for other researchers embarking on, or considering, field research of this nature.

Computers and diffraction analysis

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
J. A. Eades
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Diffraction Analysis ◽  
Electron Diffraction Analysis ◽  
Image Simulation ◽  
Correct Interpretation ◽  
High Profile ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Image Simulations

For well over two decades computers have played an important role in electron microscopy; they now pervade the whole field - as indeed they do in so many other aspects of our lives. The initial use of computers was mainly for large (as it seemed then) off-line calculations for image simulations; for example, of dislocation images.Image simulation has continued to be one of the most notable uses of computers particularly since it is essential to the correct interpretation of high resolution images. In microanalysis, too, the computer has had a rather high profile. In this case because it has been a necessary part of the equipment delivered by manufacturers. By contrast the use of computers for electron diffraction analysis has been slow to prominence. This is not to say that there has been no activity, quite the contrary; however it has not had such a great impact on the field.

Electron sources: Past, present, and future

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 764-765
Author(s):  
David C Joy
Keyword(s):  
Glass Tube ◽  
Source Size ◽  
Electron Gun ◽  
Operating Parameters ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Electron Sources ◽  
Difficult Decision ◽  
Probe Size ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Overall Performance

The electron source is the most important component of the Scanning electron microscope (SEM) since it is this which will determine the overall performance of the machine. The gun performance can be described in terms of quantities such as its brightness, its source size, its energy spread, and its stability and, depending on the chosen application, any of these factors may be the most significant one. The task of the electron gun in an SEM is, in fact, particularly difficult because of the very wide range of operational parameters that may be required e.g a variation in probe size of from a few angstroms to a few microns, and a probe current which may go from less than a pico-amp to more than a microamp. This wide range of operating parameters makes the choice of the optimum source for scanning microscopy a difficult decision.Historically, the first step up from the sealed glass tube ‘cathode ray generator’ was the simple, diode, tungsten thermionic emitter.

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