When: April 2, 15.45-17.15
Where: FORUM C0222, Wageningen Campus
We are proud to host the public book launch in the Netherlands of An Ansoms’ new book Space for Stories- Passion and vulnerability in research. All interested are welcome to join us on April 2 (15:45-17:15) at Wageningen University (FORUM C0222). The session will include a presentation and a Q&A with the author. This event is organized by Sociology of Development and Change (SDC) and the Conflict Cluster of the Centre for Space, Place and Society. For more details, contact Gemma.vanderhaar@wur.nl or Lotje.devries@wur.nl.
An Ansoms is professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and has written extensively about the Great Lakes Region in Africa on topics related to land and conflict. In her latest book she reflects on ethical dilemmas in research drawing on her own experiences.
More about the book: In this moving personal memoir, a social scientist who studies resource conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of Africa shares her own story. The author discusses the ethical and emotional struggles of her work, and shows how hearing stories of crises and conflict triggered her own battle with post-traumatic stress. She also reflects on her position and privilege as a white, middle-class, educated woman working to bridge two continents.
This book talks about the often-hidden challenges of academic life, where the push for productivity often reinforces unequal power relations and overshadows researchers’ well-being. The story invites readers to see the toll that gathering knowledge can take and celebrates the profound impact of embracing vulnerability and human connection in the world of science. More about the book.
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