No. 56 Jul-dic (2018): Entre fronteras. Ciudadanía, migración e identidad
Anthropological Research

Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction in Fieldwork

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  • Susann Vallentin Hjorth Boisen
Susann Vallentin Hjorth Boisen
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Unidad Ciudad de México
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcsh/alteridades/2018v28n56/Hjorth

Published 2018-08-02

Keywords

  • methodology,
  • ethnography,
  • acceptance,
  • rapport,
  • prevention

How to Cite

Hjorth Boisen, S. V. (2018). Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction in Fieldwork. Alteridades, (56 Jul-dic). https://doi.org/10.24275/uam/izt/dcsh/alteridades/2018v28n56/Hjorth
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Abstract

An analysis of the traditional approach of anthropology on the risks of fieldwork and the need to adopt more accurate procedures in high risk zones. This paper explores
two approaches that have served in anthropology to develop fieldwork in complex scenarios. Likewise, it explains the risk assessment procedures, the elaboration of mitigation measures and their usefulness for anthropological fieldwork.

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