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Journal of Refugee Studies 2007 20(2):320-333; doi:10.1093/jrs/fem014
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Linkages Methodology: No Man is an Island

Elizabeth Colson

Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720-3710

gwembe{at}berkeley.edu

The paper argues that given the diversity of the field of forced migration, research requires a multi-disciplinary approach and an awareness of the multiplicity of interacting factors which come into play. It examines two key texts published 20 years apart which exemplify the linkages approach. Imposing Aid (1986) studied the developing situation in Sudan as refugees arrived from Uganda in the early 1980s, and showed the unproductive nature of interactions between officials and refugees. Landscape of Hope and Despair (2005) examined the situation of Palestinians in refugee camps, where the refugees’ own agency comes up against the structural constraints of camp administration and the political actions of local and international power holders.

Key Words: linkages • interdisciplinary research • global interaction • ethnography

MS received April 1, 2006 ; revised MS received March 1, 2007
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