Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Abstract
We survey anthropologists who work in Arab League countries to ascertain their perceptions of fieldwork security conditions. Based on the responses of forty-seven specialists reporting on conditions in 127 field sites, we find the security environment in the Arab League to be diverse. Scholars working in nations such as Morocco, Oman, and Qatar report overwhelmingly favorable research conditions, while their colleagues working in Lebanon and Syria report a largely dismal situation. The paper also queries respondents on their perceptions of the impact that Trump administration policies and rhetoric have on their ongoing field research. Here, we find Arab League specialists nearly universal in their assessment: they regard Trump’s policies as having a negative impact on their ability to conduct academic research.
Recommended Citation
William Yaworsky, Dawid Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak; Field Research in the Era of the Islamic State and Trump. Human Organization 1 March 2022; 81 (1): 35–46. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.35
Publication Title
Human Organization
DOI
10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.35
Comments
Copyright © 2022 Society for Applied Anthropology. Uploaded with permission from publisher. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.17730/1938-3525-81.1.35