ECAS 2009
3rd European Conference on African Studies
Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

Panel 26: Doing research in African spaces as young researchers (Fanny Chabrol / Edrich-Nathanaël Tsotsa)

Panel Organisers: Fanny Chabrol / Edrich-Nathanaël Tsotsa

This panel is open to francophone and Anglophone PhD candidates and Postdoctoral research working in Africa in the field of human and social science, with at least little fieldwork experience. The goal is to offer them an environment for exchange and dialogue where they could share their field experiences. Presentations will have to focus on research strategies in Africa and could be articulated around the following themes: To reach out and to be accepted in communities of study; Thinking research methods; Thinking Ethics and responsibilities.

Accepted Abstracts

The story behind the findings: Doing field research in contemporary Rwanda
 
Going native in my hometown: fieldwork as a youngman amnongst youth in Bamenda
Gaining Acceptance and Access to People Living With HIV/AIDS
Adapting focus group methodology to rural Tanzania: Reducing the presentation of the African self to the white 'other'
COLLECTING DATA AND INFORMATION ON A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE: NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY
 
Being an African Student in the West and investigating on HIV among young people in Cameroon: questions, ethics and responsibility.
PRA as a mean to depict life realities