Fieldwork

I have conducted extensive ethnographic multi-sited fieldwork within war and conflict settings, humanitarian crisis, and otherwise fragile settings. During fieldwork, I have interviewed perpetrators of political violence, including war crimes like torture, military and police officials, internally displaced people, community leaders, humanitarian professionals, civil society groups, government officials, and others. I have also conducted extensive ethnographic observation of mental health and psychosocial care facilities, prisons and detention environments, and humanitarian compounds.

To date, fieldwork has taken place in the following sites:

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa
Goma
Bukavu

Lebanon

Beirut
Tripoli
Saida

Latin America

Brazil (Rio)
Colombia (Bogota)

Iraq

Baghdad
Mosul
Erbil

Palestine

Ramallah
Jalazone
Hebron

Syria

Damascus
Aleppo

Qamishli

Participatory mapping during fieldwork in Goma, Bukavu, and Kinshasa, RDC.
Participatory mapping during fieldwork in Goma, Bukavu, and Kinshasa, RDC.
A co-design workshop held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scenes from Kinshasa during riots against the occupation of the Eastern city of Goma by the rebel group M23.