Studying North Korea through North Korean migrants: lessons from the field

被引:29
作者
Song, Jay [1 ]
Denney, Steven [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Asia Inst, Korean Studies, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
North Korean defectors; research methodology; focus group discussion; MENTAL-HEALTH; REFUGEE RESEARCH; TRANSFORMATION;
D O I
10.1080/14672715.2019.1611462
中图分类号
K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ;
摘要
This article examines the use of North Korean defectors' accounts as a source of information for studying the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Information from defectors fills a vital knowledge gap and improves our understanding of North Korean politics, economics, and society. Witness accounts and interview data collected from people who were born in North Korea but have since left have been widely used by journalists, government agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and academics. There are, however, serious methodological issues in collecting, organizing, and interpreting information derived from defectors' accounts. Selection and demographic biases, power relations between researchers and interviewees, monetary incentives, and language barriers are among those issues. We propose focus group discussions and participatory observation as complementary methods of data collection to mitigate the shortfalls of relying on individual interviews.
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页码:451 / 466
页数:16
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