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Local and Transnational Identity, Positionality and Knowledge Production in Africa and the African Diaspora
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Adebayo, Kudus Oluwatoyin; Njoku, Emeka T. – Field Methods, 2023
How does shared identity between researcher and the researched influence trust-building for data generation and knowledge production? We reflect on this question based on two separate studies conducted by African-based researchers in sociology and political science in Nigeria. We advanced two interrelated positions. The first underscores the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Researchers, Interpersonal Relationship
What Does an Inventory of Recent Innovation Experiences Tell Us about Agricultural Innovation in Africa?
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Triomphe, Bernard; Floquet, Anne; Kamau, Geoffrey; Letty, Brigid; Vodouhe, Simplice Davo; Ng'ang'a, Teresiah; Stevens, Joe; van den Berg, Jolanda; Selemna, Nour; Bridier, Bernard; Crane, Todd; Almekinders, Cornelia; Waters-Bayer, Ann; Hocde, Henri – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: Within the context of the European-funded JOLISAA project (JOint Learning in and about Innovation Systems in African Agriculture), an inventory of agricultural innovation experiences was made in Benin, Kenya and South Africa. The objective was to assess multi-stakeholder agricultural innovation processes involving smallholders. Approach:…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Innovation, Agriculture, Foreign Countries
Back to Africa: Second Chances for the Children of West African Immigrants
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Bledsoe, Caroline H.; Sow, Papa – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2011
This paper examines the phenomenon of West African parents living in Europe and North America who send their older children back home: from places of high immigrant aspiration to those of hardship and privation. Drawing on a project on West African immigration to Europe and on previous field studies in Africa, we conclude that West African…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parent Aspiration
Reflections on Thirty Years of Fieldwork with Indigenous People
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Davis, Stephen L. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2008
The conduct of fieldwork is an adventure, a voyage into the unknown. The author has several times had the opportunity to reflect on his fieldwork, which was most often conducted among remote Indigenous groups, initially in Australia and then wider afield in Thailand, the Philippines, and Africa. He is struck by the significant amount of time,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Researchers, Field Experience Programs
Training for Library and Information Studies: A Comparative Overview of LIS Education in Africa.
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Ocholla, Dennis N. – Education for Information, 2000
Provides a comparative overview of manpower development and training for library and information services (LIS) in Africa. Surveys and explores the curricula, programs, accreditation, resources, fieldwork, continuing education, trainees and trainers, and problems, and a list of LIS education institutions in Africa is appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Educational Resources
French for Field Work: A Specific-Purpose Language Course.
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Strand, Dana – French Review, 1984
A French course for graduate students and professors preparing for field work in West Africa is described. Difficulties included defining the context for the language's use, time constraints, and learners' job-orientation and tendency to set their own standards of performance. Students' preexisting knowledge of the subject was an advantage. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Descriptions, Field Studies, Foreign Countries