Sep 2026· American Behavioral Scientist· 0 citations· 32 references
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This article offers a reflexive account of fieldwork on grand corruption in Peru and Brazil, focusing on the Lava Jato case, drawing on in-depth interviews. It examines how intersecting identities, such as gender, nationality, class and institutional affiliation, shape access, trust and risk in politically charged research settings. The author analyses her fluid ‘insider–outsider’ positionality, showing how citizenship and academic affiliation were read differently across national contexts. Particular attention is given to gendered vulnerabilities, including harassment, credibility asymmetries and differential access, alongside the emotional and safety risks inherent in studying high-stakes phenomena. The article also addresses institutional blind spots, especially the uneven ethical and safety frameworks across academic systems and argues for reforms that better support minoritised and Global South scholars. It concludes by calling for reflexive, context-sensitive and institutionally supported approaches to fieldwork on contentious domains.
This essay reflects on the ethical, emotional, and methodological complexities of conducting ethnographic research on queerphobic violence in Kenya. Drawing on nine months of fieldwork across urban centres, it argues that research in contexts where queerness is criminalised cannot be adequately understood through insti...
This article examines how global research funding systems and institutional hierarchies continue to marginalize scholars based in the Global South (GS) within corruption studies. While the GS is frequently the site of empirical research, agenda-setting power, authorship, and legitimacy remain concentrated in the Global...
Anwesha Chakraborty, Robert Gillanders, Giovanna Rodríguez-García et al.· American Behavioral Scientis...· 0 citations
This intervention paper examines the lived realities and methodological complexities of conducting fieldwork in rural Indonesia, focusing on the geographies of extractive industries and transparency in natural resource revenue management. Drawing on personal field experiences of interviewing people ‘back home’, the pap...
P. Putri· Nordia Geographical Publicat...· 0 citations
Scientific fieldwork and academic collaboration are often framed as neutral processes guided by method and evidence. Drawing on field‐based research and subsequent academic experiences, this essay examines how integrity becomes an active practice rather than an assumed attribute for women researchers working within p...
This article critically analyses the gender equality provisions of the Samoa Agreement through a postcolonial lens, assessing their potential and limitations within contemporary
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–Africa relations. Drawing on contextual insights from Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, it examines how the agreement’s commitment to int...
Anna Cichecka· The African Review· 0 citations
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