Negotiating power: Research on and by child soldiers

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Conducting research on former child soldiers raises a whole host of methodological and ethical dilemmas, particularly in relation to notions of power. In an attempt to mitigate the multiple research dilemmas, a participatory approach was employed that sought to engage a group of former child soldiers as researchers and collaborators. This chapter provides an overview of the study's methodology including information on the recruitment of participants, the research sample and how the data were collected and analysed. Before doing so, however, the chapter explores the notions of power and sensitive research and the ways in which they both shaped and embodied the research experience.

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