Fieldwork Dilemmas: Positionality & Ethics-some notes from dangerous field

Centre for Social Justice and Change at the University of East London

In the context of Palestine, research inevitably becomes part of political positioning and struggle, challenge or support political analyses

As part of our seminars series "Conversation on Methodology, Ethical Dilemmas and Knowledge Production in Researching Gender, Conflict and the Middle East" we are very exited to be joined by Dr. Islah Jad for a discussion on Fieldwork dilemmas, positionality and ethics in doing research in Palestine.The seminar will discuss how in a highly politicised context such as that of Palestine, research inevitably becomes part of political positioning and struggle. Lines of political analysis are bound to find their way into political arenas as statements of controversy, challenge or support. Dr. Islah Jad is a tenured Associate Professor of Gender and Development at Birzeit University. She is also the co-founder and former Director of the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit and a Core Group Member of the Arab Families Working Group. A prominent figure in the Palestinian women’s movement,[1] Jad also helped to establish the Women’s Affair Centre in Gaza and Nablus, Les Amies du Francis, the Child Corner project in el-Bireh, and the WATC (Women’s Affairs Technical Committee).[2] Jad carried out Gender Consultancy for the United Nations Development Programme and was a co-author of the United Nation’s Arab Human Development Report of 2005. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Cairo University, a master's degree in political theory from the University of Nanterre (Paris X), and a Ph.D. in gender and development studies from the University of London SOAS. In July, 2009 Jad received AMIDEAST’s Teaching Excellence Award.

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