Conducting political research in a highly sensitive post-conflict environment: Reflections from the internally displaced camps in Kenya / Muhammad Danial Azman

• Main Author: Azman, M. D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of International and Strategic Studies 2016
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HM Sociology; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; JA Political science (General); JC Political theory; JX International law; JZ International relations
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18527/1/Azman_2106.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/18527/; https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/mjir/article/view/3117

This article elucidates the ethical and methodological intricacies of the semi-structured interviews when the author conducted is qualitative-based fieldwork in the Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) in Nairobi and Rift Valley, Kenya. Research can be regarded as the production of knowledge, and the r...