Positionality, Emotions, and Research in the Middle East with Carla Abdo-Katsipis, Nadya Hajj, and Ian Lustick

How do our identities and lives outside of academia shape our fieldwork? And what does that look like in a region like the Middle East? We talk to Carla Abdo-Katsipis from Wesleyan University, Nadya Hajj from Wellesley College, and Ian Lustick from the University of Pennsylvania about doing research across the Middle East, and reflect on how our personal backgrounds shape the experience of doing field research. Producers: Harper Barbaree, John Gehman, Alyssa IferentaEditors: Sam Biasi, Shavonne Farrell, Madison SarkaFind Stories from The Field at Columbia University Press or Amazon