Researching the Middle East
Cultural, Conceptual, Theoretical and Practical Issues
Published on 24. March 2021
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-4744-4030-1 (ISBN)
Description
The core mission of this textbook is to help and support both new and established scholars looking to expand their research in the Middle East and North Africa, navigating issues that relate to positionality, ethics and ethnocentric biases. 16 researchers share their invaluable first-hand experiences and examine the cultural, conceptual, methodological and practical challenges of working on and in MENA region.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
4 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-4030-1 (9781474440301)
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Lorraine Charles | Ilan Pappe | Monica Ronchi
Researching the Middle East
Cultural, Conceptual, Theoretical and Practical Issues
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Persons
Lorraine Charles is a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge and Co-Lead of the Digital Skills and Digital Work project at the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge. Ilan Pappe is Professor of History and Director for the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter. He is author of numerous books, the most recent being The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine (Oneworld, 2015), The Idea of Israel (Verso, 2014) and The Modern Middle East; A Social and Cultural History (Routledge, 2014). Monica Ronchi is a social entrepreneur working in the education sector in Europe and the Middle East.
Content
Introduction
Part I: Researching Political Dynamics in the Middle East
1. The Past is Here: Reflections on modern Middle Eastern HistoriographyIlan Pappe
2. Doing research in conflict and post-conflict contextsIrene Costantini and Sansom Milton
3. Researching (and deconstructing) Sectarianism in Lebanon and BeyondAna Almuedo-Castillo
4. Researching Livelihoods for Syrian Refugees in Protectionist Labour Markets: The Cases of Jordan, Lebanon and TurkeyLorraine Charles
Part II: Identity and Positionality in Research
5. Talking to Young People about Being a National: Fieldwork Reflections from DubaiIdil Akinci
6. 'Here be Dragons: Navigating the Problems of Researching 'Terrorism' and Critical Terrorism StudiesRichard McNeil-Willson
7. Positionality and Access: Doing Surveys and Empirical Research in the Middle EastBethany Shockley
Part III: Conducting Ethnographic Research
8. Women, Conflict and the Everyday: Feminist Ethnographies in Palestine and KurdistanSophie Richter-Devroe and Veronica Buffon
9. From the ethical to the practical: cases of working with interpreters in Middle East StudiesAlex Mahoudeau & Yves Mirman
10. Conducting Research in Arabic: challenges and new perspectivesGiorgia Ferrari
Part IV: Research through Text, Symbols and Technology
11. Problems of Method: Applying 'Western Literary Theory' to Arabic TextsHannah Scott Deuchar
12. YouTube and Ethnography in the Middle East: Creative Access in Difficult PlacesKenneth H. Schmitt
13. Reading the Signs: Toward a Semiotic Approach in Islamic StudiesPierre Hecker
Part I: Researching Political Dynamics in the Middle East
1. The Past is Here: Reflections on modern Middle Eastern HistoriographyIlan Pappe
2. Doing research in conflict and post-conflict contextsIrene Costantini and Sansom Milton
3. Researching (and deconstructing) Sectarianism in Lebanon and BeyondAna Almuedo-Castillo
4. Researching Livelihoods for Syrian Refugees in Protectionist Labour Markets: The Cases of Jordan, Lebanon and TurkeyLorraine Charles
Part II: Identity and Positionality in Research
5. Talking to Young People about Being a National: Fieldwork Reflections from DubaiIdil Akinci
6. 'Here be Dragons: Navigating the Problems of Researching 'Terrorism' and Critical Terrorism StudiesRichard McNeil-Willson
7. Positionality and Access: Doing Surveys and Empirical Research in the Middle EastBethany Shockley
Part III: Conducting Ethnographic Research
8. Women, Conflict and the Everyday: Feminist Ethnographies in Palestine and KurdistanSophie Richter-Devroe and Veronica Buffon
9. From the ethical to the practical: cases of working with interpreters in Middle East StudiesAlex Mahoudeau & Yves Mirman
10. Conducting Research in Arabic: challenges and new perspectivesGiorgia Ferrari
Part IV: Research through Text, Symbols and Technology
11. Problems of Method: Applying 'Western Literary Theory' to Arabic TextsHannah Scott Deuchar
12. YouTube and Ethnography in the Middle East: Creative Access in Difficult PlacesKenneth H. Schmitt
13. Reading the Signs: Toward a Semiotic Approach in Islamic StudiesPierre Hecker