{"product_id":"power-ethics-and-human-rights-studies-of-refugee-research-and-action-anthropological-studies-of-refugee-research-and-action-9780847688975","title":"Power Ethics and Human Rights Studies of Refugee","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn investigation of complexities that arise as ethnographers work with refugees. It explores issues surrounding power and disempowerment between researcher and subject; the protection of research informants; and the rights\/actions of refugees in representing themselves and their cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKrulfeld and MacDonald have edited a book of excellent chapters by well-respected anthropologists in refugee studies. The strong focus on community participation and empowerment in refugee research questions the ethics of researchers who study or create programs for about refugees without their input. Social science researchers, clinicians, program evaluators and their students will find the book a very good read. Rich  and moving descriptive data are integrated with the authors' own experiences, enlightening readers to personal and ethical dilemmas in refugee work, yet maintaining a scholarly base... -- Juliene G. Lipson, University of California, San Francisco\u003cbr\u003eThis volume has great relevance both to anthropologists and to other social scientists.  Its value is not restricted to refugee research and praxis, but encompasses the work with small communities and minority groups generally.  The underlying themes of human rights and power relations are an integral part of all ethical considerations in ethnographic research.  I recommend this book for all researchers working with refugees and other forcibly displaced individuals as well as for students of anthropological and ethnographical sciences. -- Dawn Chatty, Refugee Studies Programme, University of Oxford * Journal Of Refugee Studies, Vol.12, N.3, 1999 *\u003cbr\u003eKrulfeld and MacDonald have edited a book of excellent chapters by well-respected anthropologists in refugee studies. The strong focus on community participation and empowerment in refugee research questions the ethics of researchers who study or create programs for about refugees without their input. Social science researchers, clinicians, program evaluators and their students will find the book a very good read. Rich and moving descriptive data are integrated with the authors' own experiences, enlightening readers to personal and ethical dilemmas in refugee work, yet maintaining a scholarly base. -- Juliene G. Lipson, University of California, San Francisco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Human Rights and Research Chapter 3 Exploring New Methods for Collaboration in Ethnographic Research: An Attempt at Overcoming Exploitation and Violation of Informant Rights Chapter 4 Whose Lives, Whose Work? Struggling Along the Subject-Colleague Continuum Chapter 5 The Testimonio Method in Refugee Research: Bringing Together Advocacy and Feminism in an Ethnographic Encounter with Q'eqchi' amd K'iche' Women Part 6 Part II: Who has the Right to Present and Represent Chapter 7 \"We are the Experts:\" a Case of Iu-Mien (Yao) Refugees Asserting Their Rights as Scholars of Their Own Culture Chapter 8 Towards an Heterology of Power Part 9 Part III: Human Rights and Praxis Chapter 10 Applied Anthropology, Funding Agencies, and the Human and Cultural Rights of Ethnic Communities,","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528193712471,"sku":"9780847688975","price":150.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780847688975.jpg?v=1731870743","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/power-ethics-and-human-rights-studies-of-refugee-research-and-action-anthropological-studies-of-refugee-research-and-action-9780847688975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}