This edited collection of first-person stories about risk in the field offers an arsenal of
practical examples where fieldworkers have attempted to negotiate the complexities and risks of
field research. Field research can be a risky and dangerous journey where the line between
safety and danger can be crossed in quick time often with little warning. These risks manifest
in diverse and novel ways. They can be physical and psychological ephemeral and enduring. They
can impact the researchers participants collaborators and interviewees. Indeed they can
condition the very foundation of our processes of knowledge production. Fieldwork is no small
stakes game. Covering research from Afghanistan Chad DR Congo Greece the Horn of Africa
Iraq Laos Lebanon Palestine India Indonesia Mexico The Netherlands Vietnam and
Australia each chapter highlights diverse eclectic raw and vulnerable narratives about risks
experienced before during and after the conduct of this research. This book is of great value
to inexperienced and experienced fieldworkers alike.
