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Researching peers and disaster vulnerable communities: an insider perspective
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 08:21 authored by Stern Mwakalimi KitaConducting research among peers and communities that a researcher also serves may be both daunting and rewarding. Researching peers may make the researcher feel uncomfortable raising certain questions that are sensitive or that could be construed to be testing their competencies. This paper is inclined more towards showing that it is advantageous to be an insider, whose position can facilitate collection of information that could not have been accessed, or revealed to an outsider. The paper reports on fieldwork conducted in a low-income country in Sub-Sahara Africa as part of a doctoral study with communities affected by disasters and those that work with such communities. The paper demonstrates the complexities of conducting such research and provides some insights that may be useful to insiders, outsiders or “in-betweeners” embarking on fieldwork in low-income countries and among vulnerable population struggling with manifold stresses and shocks.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
Qualitative ReportISSN
1052-0147Publisher
Nova Southeastern UniversityPublisher URL
Issue
10Volume
22Page range
2600-2611Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes