{"id":7240,"date":"2015-04-17T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?post_type=cu-events&#038;p=7240"},"modified":"2015-06-01T12:25:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:25:07","slug":"doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute","status":"publish","type":"cu-events","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing Fieldwork in Africa &#8211; Summer Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDoing Fieldwork in Africa\u201d will help researchers and practitioners visiting Africa to better comprehend the research, ethical and practical issues involved in making field trips to the continent, arming them with the critical tools for successful field trips, and putting them in better positions to make informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>This two day institute will provide participants with skills and insights in topics such as research and project ethics, engaging with stakeholders, gender dynamics, and more. The Institute is geared towards both those who are preparing for their first field trips to Africa and those who have more experience. Through a combination of hands-on exercises and seminar presentations, participants will enhance their preparedness for their upcoming trip to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Institute of African Studies<\/a>, the \u201cDoing Fieldwork in Africa\u201d Summer Institute is led by Professor Tim Shaw and Professor Jane Parpart, both of whom have decades of research experience in Africa. They will be complemented by professors from Africa and from the Institute of African Studies who will help facilitate the learning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/Summer-Institute-schedule-May-31.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">DRAFT Agenda (31 May 2015)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information on registration, etc can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa-professionalinstitute\/fieldwork-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/fpa-professionalinstitute\/\" target=\"_blank\">FPA Institutes<\/a> for the Summer 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"daevent-type":[],"event-audience":[],"event-featured":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doing Fieldwork in Africa - Summer Institute - Events - Institute of African Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fieldwork Africa research training\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/\",\"name\":\"Doing Fieldwork in Africa - Summer Institute - Events - Institute of African Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-17T19:25:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-01T16:25:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Fieldwork Africa research training\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/doing-fieldwork-in-africa-summer-institute\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/cu-events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Doing Fieldwork in Africa &#8211; 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