Enquête anthropologique et documentation visuelle sur la sécurité chez les Koglweogo au Burkina Faso

Heidi Bojsen; Ismaël Compaoré

Enquête anthropologique et documentation visuelle sur la sécurité chez les Koglweogo au Burkina Faso

Heidi Bojsen
, Ismaël Compaoré

Department of Communication and Arts

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Abstract

The analysis presented is based on fieldwork among self-defense groups, Koglweogo, in Burkina Faso in 2016 and 2017 and sets out to discuss the implications of the methodological choices used in a high insecurity context. In addition to a positioning as documentary journalists producing a documentary film, these choices include tools from visual anthropology, interdisciplinary teamwork with ethnic and national diversity, ethical choices, such as the one to immerse oneself with the insecure conditions of the interlocutors in brief, intensive and repeated visits in order to facilitate trust and « thick descriptions ». The article reveals striking new information about the violence causing the installation of the Koglweogo and on their use of social media. But retreating from the field is no longer a given.

Translated title of the contribution	Anthropological and Visual Documentary Research on Security among the Koglweogo in Burkina Faso
Original language	French
Journal	Mande Studies
Volume	21
Pages (from-to)	91-113
Number of pages	22
ISSN	1536-5506
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2019
Event	Insurrections from below? Koglweogo in Burkina Faso: Showeing of Documentary Koglweogo Land (Semfilms 2016) - Antropologi, København, Denmark Duration: 24 Sept 2018 → …

Seminar

Seminar	Insurrections from below? Koglweogo in Burkina Faso
Location	Antropologi
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	København
Period	24/09/2018 → …

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Enquête anthropologique et documentation visuelle sur la sécurité chez les Koglweogo au Burkina Faso

Abstract

Seminar

Other files and links

« Sauver son nez » : Fake news, une perspective qui en cache d’autres chez les animateurs et journalistes des radios communautaires du Burkina Faso, du Mali et du Niger

MSCY: Media, Security Crises and Youth in West Africa

Mis/Mal/Disinformation and (In)Security:

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONALMEDIATISATION, MOBILITES ET LES MESURES DE « GATEKEEPING » DANS UN CONTEXTE D’INSECURITE AU SAHEL

Témoignages du terrain et des chercheurs sahéliens/ Testimonies from the field and Sahelian Researchers

Citation Styles

Enquête anthropologique et documentation visuelle sur la sécurité chez les Koglweogo au Burkina Faso

Abstract

Seminar

Other files and links

Research output

« Sauver son nez » : Fake news, une perspective qui en cache d’autres chez les animateurs et journalistes des radios communautaires du Burkina Faso, du Mali et du Niger

Projects

MSCY: Media, Security Crises and Youth in West Africa

Activities

Mis/Mal/Disinformation and (In)Security:

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONALMEDIATISATION, MOBILITES ET LES MESURES DE « GATEKEEPING » DANS UN CONTEXTE D’INSECURITE AU SAHEL

Témoignages du terrain et des chercheurs sahéliens/ Testimonies from the field and Sahelian Researchers

Citation Styles