CONFERENCE 2013 – preliminary programme
Going to and Coming from the field:
Ethical, emotional and practical challenges
Défis éthiques, émotionnels et pratiques de la recherche de terrain
24-25 October 2013
Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) Programme 24 October 2013
9.00 – 9.30
Registration & coffee
9.30 – 10.00
Welcome by the president of IACCHOS and conference organisers
10.00 – 12.00
Plenary session ‘Doing research on vulnerable populations: ethical challenges’ – open access
• Enjeux éthiques, enjeux épistémologiques et enjeux citoyens : quelques clarifications (en français) - Jean-Pierre Olivier De Sardan (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France ; et chercheur au LASDEL, Niger)
• Ethical challenges in researching subaltern narratives: indigenous communities and marginal group in Latin America (in English) - Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia)
• Discussants: Jacinthe Mazzochetti (LAAP) and An Ansoms (DVLP) 12.00 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 15.30
Parallel session 1 - topics will be closely related to the panels included in the call for papers A. Challenges of field-research in polarized or conflict-prone environments
B. Interactions between Researcher – Informant - Object C. Interpreting (conflicting) narratives
D. Dealing with emotions and positionality: Detachment versus engagement E. Returning from the field, publication, and ethics
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 18.00
Parallel session 2 – topics will be closely related to the panels included in the call for papers A. Challenges of field-research in polarized or conflict-prone environments
B. Interactions between Researcher – Informant - Object C. Interpreting (conflicting) narratives
D. Dealing with emotions and positionality: Detachment versus engagement E. Returning from the field, publication, and ethics
18.00
Reception and book presentations
• Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa (in English), authors: S.
Thomson, A. Ansoms and J. Murison, published with Palgrave, November 2012
• Implications et exploration éthiques en anthropologie (en français), authors : J. Hermesse, M. Singleton et A-M. Vuillemenot, published with Academia, 2011
CONFERENCE 2013 – preliminary programme
Going to and Coming from the field:
Ethical, emotional and practical challenges
Défis éthiques, émotionnels et pratiques de la recherche de terrain
24-25 October 2013
Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) Programme 25 October 2013
9.30 – 12.00
Plenary session ‘The position of the researcher: detachment versus engagement’– open access
• The difficult challenge of bridging academic, policy and political activist work in social science research – Jun Borras (Institute of social studies, the Netherlands)
• Les risques du métier: trois décennies comme 'chercheur-acteur' dans la Région des Grands Lacs (en français) - Filip Reyntjens (Université d'Anvers, Belgique)
• Etudier le genre des organisations d'économie sociale: des théories aux stratégies de recherche (en français) - Florence Degavre et Magalie Saussey (CIRTES, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique)
• Discussants: to be confirmed 12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 15.00
Parallel session 3 – topics will be closely related to the panels included in the call for papers A. Challenges of field-research in polarized or conflict-prone environments
B. Interactions between Researcher – Informant - Object C. Interpreting (conflicting) narratives
D. Dealing with emotions and positionality: Detachment versus engagement E. Returning from the field, publication, and ethics
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 – 17.30
Final plenary discussion ‘Is there a need for ethical committees in the social sciences and what can be their role?’ – open access
• The politics of institutional ethics review in the social sciences: positive and negative sides (in English)- Susan Thomson (Colgate University, US)
• Evaluation d'une recherche en sciences sociales par une commission d'éthique des sciences médicales: défis et leçons (en français) - Laura Merla (CIRFASE-DVLP, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique)
• Un encadrement en défis éthiques et émotionnels du terrain : La perspective des doctorants – présentation sur base d’une petite enquête que les doctorants du Centre d’études du Développement (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique) vont mener (en français)
• Discussants: Jean-Michel Chaumont (Chaire Hoover) 17.30 – 18.00
Closing session
