Torn many ways politics, conflict and emotion in research /

This edited collection brings together a range of experiences from the field, largely in the context of CSCW and HCI. It focuses specifically on the experiences of people who have worked in difficult, tense, delicate and sometimes conflictual and dangerous settings. The tensions faced by researchers...

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Other Authors: Krüger, Max., De Castro Leal, Debora., Randall, David., Tolmie, Peter., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Cham : 2023.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 pages).
Series: Human-computer interaction series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • About the Editors
  • 1 Introduction
  • References
  • 2 Intercultural Misunderstandings: An Indian-Dutch Research Project in the Early 1970s
  • Intercultural Misunderstandings: An Indian-Dutch Research Project in the Early 1970s
  • Reflexivity, Positionality, Decolonisation
  • Research Assistants, Translators, Co-authors
  • The Indian-Dutch Research Project
  • Primordial Attachments
  • Diffuse and Multi-stranded
  • Retreat Versus Status
  • Egalitarian Versus Hierarchical
  • A Car for Common Use
  • Misunderstandings
  • The Mount Wilson Trip
  • Discussion and Conclusion.
  • Final Words
  • References
  • 4 Becoming an Activist, Becoming a Researcher
  • Introduction
  • My Position
  • References
  • 5 Another Rant About Technology
  • Another Rant About Technology
  • Alternatives to the Inflexible Algorithms in Public Services
  • Who Decides that Street-Level Algorithms Are 'Ready' for Public Service Usage
  • Why 'Ranting' and Problematising ...?
  • Thinking Problematically from the Inside-Out
  • Which Moments Are Made to Count
  • A Question of Human Discretion or Compliance
  • A Question of Human-Ready AI or AI-Ready Humans.
  • Closing Remarks: The Emotional Toll on Researchers
  • References
  • 6 Minutes to Deportation: Confronting Danger and Threat in the Levant
  • What Is the Levant?
  • A Series of Conflicts, Millions of Refugees
  • How Does that Affect Us as Ethnographers?
  • "Ghaad" is It "Bokra"?
  • No "Kufiyya" of Palestine Among Palestinians!
  • Mr. Anonymous: Things I Learned
  • Officially Promoted!
  • Hospitality, Dignity, and Longing to Home
  • "Ibn El-A' am" (Hey Cousin): Diplomacy and Family Ties
  • "Sukkan Amman" a Resident of Amman: Dialect and Veneration
  • Joining Research Teams: More Things I Learned.
  • "Ustath Salah" Suddenly in the Spotlight: Illiteracy, Poverty, Loss of Face, and Social Positionality
  • "The Walls Have Ears"
  • "Only if You Accept Our Invitation for Dinner": Friendship, Generosity, Sharing Food, Pride, Concealment and Openness, Time Management
  • "Fruitful Beirut, and Educative Tripoli": Networking, Safety, Accommodating Change, Grievance, and Political Positionality
  • "If You Ever Met My Son, Just Say Hi to Him from Me"
  • A Revoked Visa: "Go Back from Where You Came"
  • Key Takeaways and Lessons Learned
  • Study Your Literature, Make Room for the Field's Input.