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Macht, Praxis, Sinn: Randbemerkungen zur empirischen Sozialforschung in Afrika

[journal article]

Schiefer, Ulrich

Abstract

Sozialforschung ist immer substantiell beeinflußt von der Gesellschaft, in der sie stattfindet. Diese Tatsache hat für Forschung in Afrika besondere Konsequenzen, denn Sozialforschung ist dort durch Schwierigkeiten beeinträchtigt, die von der sozialwissenschaftlichen Literatur bislang ignoriert wur... view more

Sozialforschung ist immer substantiell beeinflußt von der Gesellschaft, in der sie stattfindet. Diese Tatsache hat für Forschung in Afrika besondere Konsequenzen, denn Sozialforschung ist dort durch Schwierigkeiten beeinträchtigt, die von der sozialwissenschaftlichen Literatur bislang ignoriert wurden. Der Autor illustriert diese Probleme anhand der Erfahrungen aus seinem eigenen Forschungsprojekt in Guinea-Bissau. Angefangen von der Rekrutierung geeigneter Mitarbeiter, mußte er zunächst die lokalen Autoritäten überzeugen und zur Mitarbeit gewinnen und dabei die Forschungsausrüstung zusammenhalten. Alle diese Aufgaben verlangen als Voraussetzung ein Verständnis der örtlichen Gesellschaft. Deshalb hängen die Ergebnisse der Forschung auch und in besonderem Maße von der Lösung dieser Probleme vor Ort ab.... view less


Social research is always influenced essentially by the society, wherein it takes place. However, this fact has special consequences in respect of social research in Africa. Social research in Africa is accompagnied by difficulties, that have been so far ignored in social science literature. The aut... view more

Social research is always influenced essentially by the society, wherein it takes place. However, this fact has special consequences in respect of social research in Africa. Social research in Africa is accompagnied by difficulties, that have been so far ignored in social science literature. The author illustrates some of these problems in describing his own research-project in Guinea-Bissau. Beginning with the recruitment of adequat staff, trying to convince the local authorities to cooperate and going on to keep the research equipment together, all these tasks require an understanding of the local society even before research is started. However, the reliability of any of the results is extremely dependend on solving these problems.... view less

Keywords
project; Guinea-Bissau; Africa; village; social research; agrarian society; survey research; data capture; co-worker; cooperation; West Africa; developing country

Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Economic and Social Geography
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods

Method
applied research; epistemological; basic research

Document language
German

Publication Year
1996

Page/Pages
p. 113-136

Journal
Peripherie, 15 (1996) 57/58

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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