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Accepted Paper:
Decolonizing the academe in ‘red areas’
Dorothea Hilhorst
(Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Marie Rose Bashwira
(Centre de recherche et d'expertise en Genre et développement (CREGED))
Claude Iguma
(ISDR-Bukavu)
Paper long abstract:
Development studies has been engaging for decades in discussions on participatory research, and more recently on decolonizing development studies. However, these discussions have largely bypassed research in so-called ‘dangerous areas’ or ‘red zones’. In these areas it is often assumed that 1) participatory methods cannot be done in conflict-ridden areas and 2) that local knowledge actors are lacking or lack in capacities to be full partners. This presentation details of different experiences and outlines how participatory research can be successful. At the same time, it yields some lessons that may be relevant to research elsewhere.
Panel
E33
Decolonizing the academe in ‘red areas’, with a focus on the Great Lakes region [initiated by ISS]
Session 1