Too word-y<BR><BR><B><I>"Francis M. Hult" <fmhult@dolphin.upenn.edu></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Conducting Research Abroad: Positionality, Methodology, and Practice (Book <BR>project)<BR><BR>Call for chapter proposals for the collection Conducting Research Abroad: <BR>Positionality, Methodology and Practice to be submitted for publication by <BR>August 2007. <BR><BR>Deadline for chapter proposal (500-1000 words): March 7, 2007 <BR><BR>Deadline for the completed manuscript (15-20 pp. including notes and works <BR>cited) for accepted proposals: May 15, 2007. <BR><BR>Contact: Lise-Hélène Trouilloud (lvtrouilloud@csupomona.edu) or Anjana Narayan <BR>(anarayan@csupomona.edu) <BR><BR>This edited collection presents an interdisciplinary effort to define the <BR>empirical, methodological and practical implications of conducting <BR>undergraduate or graduate research abroad. As its
primary goal, this project <BR>sets out to analyze the procedures that are most predominant in current <BR>research, and to examine how these procedures encapsulate and project the <BR>imbalances (or biases) that characterize scholarly initiatives in the west. <BR><BR>The inequality of power relationships is often overlooked when conducting <BR>research abroad. When carrying out research studies overseas, researchers from <BR>some groups have the advantage of easy access to other groups, networks or <BR>organizations and access to specific knowledge that is influenced by dynamics <BR>like race, nationality, religion or gender. Furthermore, research students and <BR>scholars have shown a marked preference for "high theory" and the realm of the <BR>abstract over empirical work, a trend that further highlights intellectual <BR>colonization and knowledge hierarchies. The objective of this collection is to <BR>examine how knowledge is generated and then shared via frameworks
that are <BR>accessible, as well as applicable, to both national and international target <BR>audiences. <BR><BR>With this focus, the book is a resourceful initiative that seeks to share <BR>multiple research methodologies and to promote theoretical, empirical and <BR>methodological cross-fertilization between different academic disciplines and <BR>practices. This collection seeks to draw insights from authors who specialize <BR>in diverse methods ranging from ethnography, archival research and oral <BR>histories, to quantitative data analysis and experiments used in social <BR>scientific and humanities research to extract key ideas and approaches that <BR>overlap or resonate in different areas of study.<BR><BR>The spectrum of issues that this collection aims to illuminates also includes <BR>bureaucratic considerations of obtaining visas, foreign ministry clearance, <BR>politics of IRB requirements such as 'informed consent'; logistical <BR>considerations such as time for
travel, rhythm of the local place, language and <BR>religious barriers and access to technology; finally collaborative <BR>considerations such as building networks and research collaborations, obtaining <BR>research funding, and - most importantly - developing potential avenues to use <BR>results of the research for the benefit of the study participants and their <BR>families and communities.<BR><BR>We seek contributors in fields such as history, anthropology, sociology, <BR>literature and related disciplines with research experience in various <BR>geographic areas across the globe. <BR><BR>Please send chapter proposals of 500-1000 words as a Word attachment to Lise-<BR>Hélène Trouilloud (lvtrouilloud@csupomona.edu) or Anjana Narayan <BR>(anarayan@csupomona.edu) by March 7, 2007. <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><p>
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