Queer Conflict Research

New Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2504-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume provides a foundational guide to queer methodologies in the study of political violence and conflict.
Contributors provide illuminating discussions on why queer approaches are important, what they entail and how to utilise a queer approach to political violence and conflict. The chapters explore a variety of methodological approaches, including fieldwork, interviews, cultural analysis and archival research. They also engage with broader academic debates, such as how to work with research partners in an ethical manner.
Including valuable case studies from around the world, the book demonstrates how these methods can be used in practice. It is the first critical, in-depth discussion on queer methods and methodologies for research on political violence and conflict.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagen, Jamie J.

Ritholtz, Samuel

Delatolla, Andrew

Weitere Mitwirkende

Nagarajan, Chitra

Serrano Amaya, Jose Fernando

Smallens, Yasemin

Younes, Rasha

Simonetto, Patricio

Knight, Kyle

Cooper-Cunningham, Dean

Erdem, Pinar

Kilbride, Erin

Myrttinen, Henri

Munhazim, Ahmad Qais

Chayya, Caroline

Freed, Maureen

Sjoberg, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Telling Queer Stories of Conflict – Jamie J. Hagen, Samuel Ritholtz, Andrew Delatolla
Part 1: Queer Approaches to Conflict Research
1. The ‘Queer’ in Conflict Research As Subject, Structure, and Method: Initial Epistemological Considerations for the Early Career Researcher – Samuel Ritholtz
2. Queering the Politics of Knowledge in Conflict Research – Jose Fernando Serrano Amaya
3. Workshop As Queer Feminist Praxis: Insights From Colombian Queer and Trans Women Organising for Peace – Jamie J. Hagen
Part 2: Queer Methods of Conflict Research
4. The Visual As Queer Method – Dean Cooper-Cunningham
5. Poetry as a Queer Epistemological Method: Disrupting Knowledge of the Lebanese Civil War With Etel Adnan’s the Arab Apocalypse – Andrew Delatolla
6. Queer Tools for the Ruthless Archive: Methodological Notes on Trans and Queer History for Doing Archival Research – Patricio Simonetto
Part 3: Queer Experiences of Conflict Research
7. Researching Queer Lives in the Shadow of Northeast Nigeria’s Conflict – Chitra Nagarajan
8. Entangled Intimacies, Queer Attachments: Reflections on Fieldwork With a Diaspora of War – Ahmad Qais Munhazim
9. Doing NGO Research With Diverse Sogiesc Refugees in Lebanon, Syria and Turkey: A Conversation – Zeynep Pinar Erdem, Charbel Maydaa, Henri Myrttinen and Helena Berchtold
Conclusion: Thinking (of) Queer Conflict Research – Laura Sjoberg
Appendix I: Guide for Good Practices for Researching Queer and Trans Communities in Highly Sensitive Contexts – Cristian González Cabrera, Erin Kilbride, Kyle Knight, Yasemin Smallens, Rasha Younes
Appendix II: “The Emotional Work Is Part of the Work”: Strategies To Maintain Researcher Emotional and Psychological Safety During Challenging Fieldwork – Maureen Freed

Über Autor(innen)

Delatolla, Andrew
Andrew Delatolla is a Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds. His research examines the global politics of race and sexuality in the context of the Middle East. He is the author of Civilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria (2021) and Sexuality as a Standard of Civilization (ISQ, 2020).

Hagen, Jamie J.
Jamie J. Hagen is a Lecturer in International Relations at Queen's University Belfast where she is also the founding co-director of the Centre for Gender in Politics. Hagen is an expert on international attention to LGBTQ+ populations in security studies, specifically focusing on how Women, Peace, and Security initiatives can better include LGBTQ voices and experiences. Her research in this field is published in or forthcoming in International Affairs, Critical Studies in Security, European Journal of Politics and Gender, and Journal of Gender Studies as well as in the Washington Post, London School of Economics’ Women Peace and Security Blog, and other outlets. She is currently lead researcher of the British Academy Innovation Fellowship project Queering Women, Peace and Security (WPS): Improving Engagement with Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LBTQ) women in WPS Programming.

Ritholtz, Samuel
Samuel Ritholtz is Departmental Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, in association with St Hilda’s College. Previously, they were Part-time Assistant Professor and Max Weber Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute. Samuel earned their DPhil and MSc from the Refugee Studies Centre in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford. Their research interests include contemporary political theories of violence, marginality, and war with a focus on LGBTIQ+ experiences of crisis, conflict, and displacement. They have held visiting research fellowships at the Hertie School (Centre for International Security) in Berlin and at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. They have worked for the United Nations, in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, as well as for human rights organizations in Washington DC, New York, and Buenos Aires. Samuel is the co-author of the forthcoming monograph, Toward a Queer Theory of Refuge. Their work has appeared in academic journals such as the American Political Science Review, Politics & Gender, and Global Studies Quarterly and in media outlets, such as the Guardian, the Washington Post, and Slate.

Jamie J. Hagen is Lecturer in International Relations at Queen's University Belfast where she is also the founding Co-Director of the Centre for Gender in Politics.
Samuel Ritholtz is Departmental Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford in association with St Hilda’s College.
Andrew Delatolla is Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds.