Methodological approaches in Kurdish studies : theoretical and practical insights from the field / edited by Bahar Baser, Mari Toivanen, Begum Zorlu, and Yasin Duman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research fields on the move : on space and knowledge -- Critical ethnography : emancipatory knowledge and alternative dialogues / Vera Eccarius-Kelly -- Living structures : methodological considerations on people and place / Joost Jongerden -- Online-offline research on diasporic identities : methodological benefits, challenges and critical insights / Jowan Mahmoud -- Tracing global history through the Kurds in the imperial and national archives and beyond / Marc Sinan Winrow -- Fieldwork in troubled terrains -- Troubled terrain : lines of allegiance and political belonging in northern Kurdistan / Marlene Schäfers -- Working upon the communities under the political domination : subaltern Kurds in Turkey / Polat Alpman -- Feeling solidarity in an estranged city : ethnography in the post-war Diyarbakr under surveillance / Demet Arpacik -- Insider, outsider or something beyond? -- Outsiders twice over in Kurdistan / Francis O'Connor and Semih Celik -- The omnipresent absentee? Challenges in researching the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Europe and Turkey / Marlies Casier -- "She's Turkish but good" : researching on Kurdish internal displacement as a "Turkish" female researcher / Yesim Mutlu -- Straddling the insider-outsider divide : challenges of Turkish identity as an outsider researcher in the Kurdish context / Yasemin Gulsum Acar and Ozden Melis Ulug -- Essays on field experiences -- Beyond the insider-outsider dichotomy : conducting ethnographic fieldwork as a Kurdish returnee in Iraqi Kurdistan / Lana Askari -- Embedded research and political violence : Kurdish studies in conflict areas / Thomas Schmidinger -- Conclusion : reflections on research : challenges and opportunities / Begum Zorlu and Yasin Duman -- About the contributors.

This book sheds light on the intricacies of conducting fieldwork on highly politicized and sensitive topics as well as in conflict settings. It addresses both the epistemological and theoretical along with the practical challenges related to such fieldwork in Kurdish Studies.

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