Between Fatigue and Silence: The Challenges of Conducting Research on Sexual Violence in Conflict

TY - JOUR

T1 - Between Fatigue and Silence

T2 - The Challenges of Conducting Research on Sexual Violence in Conflict

AU - Boesten, Jelke

AU - Henry, Marsha

PY - 2018/12

Y1 - 2018/12

N2 - This paper discusses the meanings of research fatigue and silences in conflict-related sexual violence research. Drawing on field experiences in Liberia, Tanzania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Peru, we discuss some of the unintended consequences of persistent focus on victim-survivors’ narratives and argue for a reflexive feminist perspective that allows us to question the need and context of interviewing survivors and the associated insistence on disclosure.

AB - This paper discusses the meanings of research fatigue and silences in conflict-related sexual violence research. Drawing on field experiences in Liberia, Tanzania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Peru, we discuss some of the unintended consequences of persistent focus on victim-survivors’ narratives and argue for a reflexive feminist perspective that allows us to question the need and context of interviewing survivors and the associated insistence on disclosure.

U2 - 10.1093/sp/jxy027

DO - 10.1093/sp/jxy027

M3 - Article

SN - 1072-4745

VL - 25

SP - 568

EP - 588

JO - SOCIAL POLITICS

JF - SOCIAL POLITICS

IS - 4

ER -