38 Complicating risk, home, and the fieldSecurity research in spaces of control
Nicole Sunday Grove
Introduction
For scholars who focus on security actors and infrastructures, or on the forces and collectivities that seek to disrupt state control, one’s own experience in ‘the field’ rarely reflects the clarity and precision found in explanations of best practices in social science research methodology. Practical recommendations for conducting fieldwork in politically precarious environments may advise avoiding doing research in sensitive locations, or asking the kinds of questions that could trigger greater state and security oversight, for example concerning the organization of surveillance technologies, policing, ...
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