Shared Risks and Research Dilemmas on a Peace Brigades International Team in Sri Lanka

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2365072
AutoresPatrick G Coy (Kent State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen30
Número5
Páginas575-606
Fecha de publicación2001-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/089124101129024277
OpenAlexW2150197498
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas27

Peace Brigades International (PBI) is a nongovernmental organization that provides nonviolent protective accompaniment in situations of severe political violence for local activists under threat. PBI team members function as unarmed bodyguards, attempting to deter violence by their presence or to document it and raise the costs to the transgressors if the deterrence fails. Blending ethnographic research of PBI with simultaneous service on a PBI team in Sri Lanka created a host of ethical quandaries and dilemmas. This article explains and analyzes some of these problems, including the use of politically sensitive research material, participation in team meetings and team decisions with life-threatening consequences for others, the acceptance of a salary from the organization under study, and embracing or refusing risks as a participant observer/team member who had more than one agenda

Criminology · Ethnography · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education