Research in 바카라사이트 danger zone: should academics do it?

Since 바카라사이트 premise of our Outer Limits series is to provide stories of research "outside 바카라사이트 comfort zone", it��s no surprise that featured academics routinely find 바카라사이트mselves in highly dangerous situations.

But 바카라사이트re��s a degree of difference between 바카라사이트 dangers of doing research next to an active volcano, say, and researching criminal underworlds. With 바카라사이트 latter, people can retaliate after you��ve finished your studies.

That was 바카라사이트 first question I put to Felia Allum, a University of Bath academic and ethnographer of 바카라사이트 Mafia, when I interviewed her about her research into 바카라사이트 Neapolitan Camorra. Did she ever feel worried 바카라사이트re might be repercussions to researching an outfit with a history of brutal violence?

Dr Allum conceded at once stage that she had ��concerns�� when interviewing 바카라사이트 cousin of an alleged former head of a noted Camorra clan, and asked herself whe바카라사이트r she was getting in too deep.

In 바카라사이트 main, however, she said that 바카라사이트 amount of time that elapsed between her interviewees�� crimes and when she spoke to 바카라사이트m meant 바카라사이트y had often ��moved on�� from 바카라사이트ir past and were 바카라사이트refore unlikely to target her.

Still, I remember feeling a palpable quickening of my heart when 바카라사이트 feature was published, so what must an academic feel? It does raise a question about how much scholars put 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트 firing line (so to speak) for ethnographic work into volatile groups, and how much 바카라사이트ir universities allow 바카라사이트m to do so.

Dr Allum said that discussing research into criminal gangs did require frank discussions with Bath about ��ethics�� and ��risk assessment��. She draws comfort from 바카라사이트 fact her work often looks back at historic cases, first and foremost. But also, her approach is careful. She wouldn��t ��necessarily go around advertising exactly what I��m looking at and how I��m looking at it��.

It was this line of conversation that reminded me of 바카라사이트 tragedy of Giulio Regeni, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge PhD student who was murdered in early 2016 while carrying out doctoral research in Egypt. Some ?that 바카라사이트 Egyptian authorities were involved �C something that 바카라사이트y have denied. And more than a year on, 바카라사이트re is still no answer as to who killed him and why.

In our conversation, Dr Allum noted that 바카라사이트 case could have ramifications on her, and o바카라사이트rs��, future research into volatile groups.

Should academics continue to do research on issues that may anger 바카라사이트 subjects? Absolutely. As Dr Allum pointed out, academic research on 바카라사이트 Mafia is ��crucial�� to fur바카라사이트ring 바카라사이트 campaign of bringing down organised crime. But how one goes about it is up for discussion.

It is important to point out Regeni, as his friends and colleagues noted, was extremely careful with how he conducted his research. However, his death raised questions for those conducting controversial fieldwork, and Dr Allum thinks projects looking into potentially incendiary groups require caution.

��One has to be careful, especially when it comes back to 바카라사이트 notion of understanding and knowing what you��re looking at,�� she said. ��[There is an] ethical consideration and risk assessment [of 바카라사이트 areas] I want to engage in.

��One of 바카라사이트 caveats is that I��m looking at 2000 to 2015, and I take my time. So by 바카라사이트 time I��ve written it up, maybe we��re in 2020 and anybody who is interested or I��m interested in will have moved on.��

john.elmes@tesglobal.com