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Researching Under Fire: Issues for Consideration When Collecting Data and Information in War Circumstances, with Specific Reference to Relief and Reconstruction Projects
Author(s) -
BARAKAT SULTAN,
ELLIS SUE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1996.tb00525.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , intervention (counseling) , field (mathematics) , point (geometry) , public relations , poison control , engineering ethics , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , cold war , data collection , operations research , political science , computer security , engineering , sociology , law , medicine , computer science , medical emergency , politics , social science , nursing , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , geometry
The post‐Cold War era has witnessed an increased number of conflicts and higher levels of international intervention by the humanitarian community and the military. Those who undertake to research the actions of relief and development agencies acting in these wars must act within new parameters that require a flexible, innovative and reflective approach. Not much is known about data collection in war. The most relevant publications come from the field of development studies. This paper is a beginning in a much‐needed discourse on researching under fire; it is offered not as a definitive work, but as a starting‐point for discussion.