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Interviewing for research on languages and war

Baker, Catherine

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Michael Kelly
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Hilary Footitt
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Myriam Salama-Carr
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Abstract

Many participants in conflict have experienced it through mediations of meaning between languages, and whole categories of participants have even often gone unnoticed in the study of war because of the historic ‘invisibility’ of languages and translation. Where archival methods often fall short in researching their experiences, and observational methods are infeasible, interviewing may help researchers get as close as possible to such participants’ memories—yet produces new narratives which are co-constructed between interviewer and interviewee, rather than direct access to their experiences of conflict. This chapter explores these issues by reflecting on interviews about peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina conducted for the Languages at War project in 2008–2011, through themes of narrative and memory, interview methodology, and positionality, including the boundaries of ‘military’/‘civilian’ identities.

Citation

Baker, C. (2019). Interviewing for research on languages and war. In M. Kelly, H. Footitt, & M. Salama-Carr (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Languages and Conflict (157-179). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04825-9_8

Online Publication Date Feb 18, 2019
Publication Date Feb 21, 2019
Deposit Date Dec 14, 2018
Publicly Available Date Feb 19, 2020
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 157-179
Book Title The Palgrave Handbook of Languages and Conflict
ISBN 9783030048259; 9783030048242
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04825-9_8
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1191156
Publisher URL https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030048242

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