@article {66911,
	title = {Terror{\textquoteright}s Talk: Fieldwork and War},
	journal = {Dialectical Anthropology},
	year = {2001},
	note = {Download PDF},
	month = {Mar 1, 2001},
	publisher = {Dialectical Anthropology},
	abstract = {My purpose in this essay is to raise some questions about what is involved in
research on political violence. Since 1995 I have conducted ethnographic research in rural
villages throughout Ayacucho, the region of Peru most heavily affected by the war between
the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso, the rondas campesinas (armed peasant patrols) and the
Peruvian armed forces. A key factor motivating my research was a desire to write against
the culture of violence arguments that were used to \&quot;explain\&quot; the war. The concept of a\&quot;culture of violence\&quot; or \&quot;endemic violence\&quot; has frequently been attributed to the Andean
region, particularly to the rural peasants who inhabit the highlands. I wanted to understand
how people make and unmake lethal violence in a particular social and historical context, and
to explore the positioning and responsibilities of an anthropologist who conducts research in
the context of war.},
	url = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/q65531kq0n61w052/},
	author = {Theidon, Kimberly S.}
}
