This editorial discusses the main strings of debates linking the discussions of insider
research, gendered identities and concerns of methodological nationalism and groupism in …

This article outlines the key challenges that face those researchers who study migrants and
are migrants themselves. We discuss how critics of methodological nationalism have …

The coloniality of researching, writing and publishing Africa has not received adequate
attention notwithstanding contemporary scholarly concerns for decoloniality of knowledge …

How does shared identity between researcher and the researched influence trust-building
for data generation and knowledge production? We reflect on this question based on two …

In this article, I discuss the fact that doing “anthropology at home” involves the same core
anthropological methodology as undertaking research abroad. This implies that while doing …

Critical epistemologies and methodologies have over time challenged the static and mono-
dimensional approaches to fieldwork, allowing researchers to contemplate and conduct their …

This article offers an overview of the literature on anticipating and managing danger in
qualitative fieldwork as it pertains to the practice of oral history in various settings. It offers an …

This working paper addresses some of the ethical and methodological concerns I confronted
as a non-white woman conducting research in post-conflict Rwanda. White westerners have …

This article takes a reflexive look at the dilemmas and challenges of accessing a
predominantly male circle of political and nongovernmental elites in the Central African …

W Onyango-Ouma he practice of anthropology in Kenya today is characterised by teaching,
research and development work. Anthropologists trained locally and abroad teach in public …