ABSTRACT
Written for early-career scholars still in the planning stages of their research, this book explores some of the challenges researchers face when conducting fieldwork in the former Soviet region. It addresses key questions, including: What difficulties do scholars, especially females, encounter when researching in the region? How does an early-career scholars’ positionality – especially their nationality, ethnicity, and sexuality – contribute to their experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and access while conducting fieldwork? How do early-career scholars navigate issues of personal safety in the field? How do junior academics successfully conduct high-risk research? The book includes contributors from both the region and Western countries, paying particular attention to the ways researchers’ subjectivities shape how they are received in the region, which, in turn, influence how they write about and disseminate their research. The book also explores ways to continue research away from the field through the use of digital methods when physical access is not possible.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|54 pages
Stories from the Post-Soviet Field
chapter 181|18 pages
Understanding and Managing One's Own Mistrust
chapter 2|16 pages
Doing Fieldwork (Not Quite) at Home
chapter 3|18 pages
A Woman of Her Word Prepared for the Worst
part II|38 pages
Stories from the Hybrid Field
chapter 724|18 pages
“Hanging Out” with the Boys
part III|36 pages
Stories from the Digital Field