On listening: Field Notes from a Legal Perspective

On listening: Field Notes from a Legal Perspective

By Seham Areff, Oxford Summer Field Researcher I always thought I was a good listener. As a (former) debater and a (current) lawyer, I need to be good at this, right? I need to be able to listen actively in order to tease out the truth. However, having spent this...
Mapping Conflict: Odd but Important.

Mapping Conflict: Odd but Important.

Perhaps conflict mapping is an odd thing to do. You look at loss of life, destruction and political squabbling and you boil it down into a series of facts. A neat story of how communities were so fiercely passionate about something that they were willing to take lives...