The right to research : historical narratives by refugee and Global South researchers / edited by Kate Reed and Marcia C. Schenck.

Other author Reed, Kate (Graduate of University of Oxford), editor.
Other author Schenck, Marcia C., editor.
Format Book
PublicationMontreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionxvi, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesMcGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies ; 10
McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies ; 10. ^A1457950
Abstract "Refugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators. With a lack of funding, training, social networks, and other material resources that enable the research and writing of academic history, we often assume a person residing in a refugee camp cannot be a historian because a historian cannot be a person residing in a refugee camp. The Right to Research disrupts this tautology by featuring nine works by refugee and host-community researchers from across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Identifying the intrinsic challenges of making space for diverse voices within a research framework and infrastructure that is inherently unequal, this edited volume offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear. Chapters address topics such as education in Kakuma Refugee Camp, the political power of hip-hop in Rwanda, women migrants to Yemen, and the development of photojournalism in Kurdistan. Exploring what it means to become a researcher, The Right to Research understands historical scholarship as an ongoing conversation--one in which we all have a right to participate."-- Back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsIssued also in electronic format.
Issued in other formOnline version: Right to research. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023 0228015650 9780228015659
ISBN9780228014546 (cloth)
ISBN0228014549 (cloth)
ISBN9780228014553 (paper)
ISBN0228014557 (paper)

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Joyner General Stacks D16 .R56 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold