Reimagining Research for Reclaiming the Academy in Iraq : Identities and Participation in Post-Conflict Enquiry.

This book is without doubt one of the most important publications that I have read for a very long time. These stories by Iraqi scholars raise many important insights, issues and questions. Their accounts provide some chilling insights into the terrible forms of oppression and discrimination that ar...

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Main Author: Brunskell-Evans, Heather
Other Authors: Moore, Michele
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, 2012.
Series:Studies in inclusive education series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Reimagining Research for Reclaiming the Academy in Iraq: Identities and Participation in Post-Conflict Enquiry: The Iraq Research Fellowship Programme; DEDICATION; TABLE OF CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; REFERENCE; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOBEL PRIZES FOR IRAQI RESEARCHERS?; INTRODUCTION; COUNCIL FOR ASSISTING REFUGEE ACADEMICS (CARA); CONTEXT OF THE IRAQI RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME (IRFP); IRFP PROJECTS; CHALLENGES FACING IRFP RESEARCH TEAMS; CHAPTERS FROM IRFP TEAMS; MOVING ON; REFERENCES.
  • 1. PROGRESS THROUGH OVERCOMING OBSTACLESIN TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH: A SYNERGYBETWEEN DEVELOPING THE ACADEMY ANDHEALTHCARE: 'Making Tomorrow Better than Today'INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; PLANNING; PROCESS; ORGANISATION AND ATTITUDES; TRIUMPHS, JEALOUSIES AND DISASTERS; THE MEDIA AND ASSASSINATION OF ACADEMICS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCE; 2. BANKING COLLAPSES: TRANSFORMING THELEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN IRAQ THROUGHFORUM THEATRE; INTRODUCTION; THE BEGINNING: SETTING THE CONTEXT; CONTEXT
  • POLITICS, GENDER, ETHICS, RISKS; CHRONOLOGY: MEETINGS, TRAINING, REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCES.
  • GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESSDATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS; PRAGMATICS AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES; OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS, IMPACT, CELEBRATION, RETURN TO ORIGINALASPIRATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES:; 3. WE DON'T DO NUMBERS! REIMAGINING GENDERAND SELVES; INTRODUCTION; NARRATING WOMEN'S LIVES; Irada Al-Jeboury; A POLITICAL SCIENTIST'S JOURNEY; Inass Al-Enezy; RESEARCHING GENDER AMONGST REFUGEE ACADEMICS; Huda Al-Dujaili; ENGENDERING KNOWLEDGE; Nadje Al-Ali; REFERENCES; 4. A JOURNEY OF LEARNING:THE CURRICULUM INIRAQI SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION; FINDING A TEAM; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.
  • CARA FIRST MEETING: A LOT OF RESENTMENTTHE SPECTRA OF ANTONIO GRAMSCI, PIERRE BOURDIEU AND EDWARD SAID; RESEARCHERS TALK FROM THE FIELD; Dr. Hamed Jasim: Karbala Governorate; Dr. Hazim al-Nuaimi: The Governorate of Baghdad/Karkh; Dr. AbdAlwahed Meshal: Anbar Governorate; THE CORE TEAM REFLECTS ON THEIR EXPERIENCE OFTHE FIRST IRFP WORKSHOP; Jawad Altamimi; Joma'aAbd Allah Mutlaq; Dr. AbdAladheem Alsultany; CONCLUSION; Academic Freedom in Iraqi School and Higher Education after 2003; REFERENCES; 5. EXPERIENCES OF INSUFFICIENCY: 'Walking on a ledge in the dark'; INTRODUCTION.
  • A BRIEF RATIONALE AND OUTLINE OF THE PROJECTPERSONAL JOURNEYS TO THE PPT TEAM; Kareem; Ali; Tim; PRACTICE; Kareem; Ali; Tim; RESEARCH; Kareem; Ali; Tim; RESEARCHER-PRACTITIONER; Kareem; Ali; Tim; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 6. MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGIES AND DIABETES:A PROJECT FOR SELF-MANAGEMENTAND EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION; WAR, HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES; THE CHALLENGE OF DIABETES; OUR PROJECT; RESEARCH DESIGN AND ETHICS; REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES; THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES; NOTE AND THANKS; REFERENCES.