Women who talk (to me): What negotiating fieldwork says about militia disengagements
Soulié-Caraguel, Floriane
Women who talk (to me): What negotiating fieldwork says about militia disengagements - 2024.
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Who agrees to talk to us? Who don’t we talk to? Looking at fieldwork on women engaged in Christian militias during the Lebanon War, this article shows how access to former militiawomen and their narratives is conditioned by their current social position, post-war trajectories, and the moral feelings associated with their former engagement. Some women expressed resistance to the study, reflecting their negative feelings toward it, meaning that the voices of disillusioned ex-militiawomen are often unheard and out of reach. These silences shape the study of militia disengagements, excluding from research the fate of women who have suffered negative consequences as a result of their involvement in militias.
Women who talk (to me): What negotiating fieldwork says about militia disengagements - 2024.
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Who agrees to talk to us? Who don’t we talk to? Looking at fieldwork on women engaged in Christian militias during the Lebanon War, this article shows how access to former militiawomen and their narratives is conditioned by their current social position, post-war trajectories, and the moral feelings associated with their former engagement. Some women expressed resistance to the study, reflecting their negative feelings toward it, meaning that the voices of disillusioned ex-militiawomen are often unheard and out of reach. These silences shape the study of militia disengagements, excluding from research the fate of women who have suffered negative consequences as a result of their involvement in militias.
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