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Research into Kurdishness touches on many of the important global issues within contemporary social and political psychology - questions about the rigors of methodology, the importance of reflexivity, issues of replicability, and the role of decolonization in research on actors in intractable conflicts. This volume will provide an in-depth account of historical and contemporary research on Kurdishness in Turkey, including research on social identity, conflict and conflict resolution, as well as collective action and resistance. It will also address methodological issues, including fieldwork in conflict zones, reflexivity in research, and intersectionality. This volume also provides lessons from related disciplines such as Kurdish studies and sociology to provide political psychologists some insight into their own research practices from disciplines wherein questions of intersectionality and reflexivity have long been ongoing.
List of contents
Chapter 1- Introduction.- Chapter 2- An overview of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict narratives and their effects on intergroup relations.- Chapter 3- Understanding the Implications of Victimhood Identity in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict.- Chapter 4- Collective Identity in Kurds: From Collective Memory of Rights Violations to Rights Consciousness.- Chapter 5- Oath to Death: An Analysis of Sait Kirmizitoprak's Contested Memory.- Chapter 6- The other of the other: Syrian refugees from the perspective of Kurdish minority in Turkey.- Chapter 7- From Collective Action to Collective Resistance: Working with the Saturday Mothers.- Chapter 8- Reflexivity and Positionality in Qualitative Research: On Being an Outsider in the Field.- Chapter 9- How did 'Turkish' psychology become the mainstream? A discourse analysis on the trajectory of its colonial legacy.- Chapter 10- Conclusion.
