Now is the time to reassess fieldwork-based research

Fieldwork-based research by non-local scholars is valued in social science, but the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the exclusionary mechanisms and power differentials that sustain such research. This must change, writes Adriana Rudling.

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Fieldwork-based research by non-local scholars is valued in social science, but the COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the exclusionary mechanisms and power differentials that sustain such research, calling for necessary changes.