1. Engaging Ethics in Postcritical Ethnography: Troubling Transparency, Trustworthiness, and Advocacy
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Lester, Jessica Nina and Anders, Allison Daniel
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relational ethics ,qualitative Methode ,Ethik ,postcritical ethnography ,ethnography ,Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung ,0504 sociology ,Ethnographie ,advocacy ,ethics ,ethics in practice ,transparency ,trustworthiness ,lcsh:Social sciences (General) ,Social sciences, sociology, anthropology ,Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ,research ,Forschung ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,05 social sciences ,Ethik in der Praxis ,Vertrauenswürdigkeit ,postkritische Ethnografie ,relationale Ethik ,050401 social sciences methods ,050301 education ,qualitative method ,Transparenz ,Research Design ,ddc:300 ,lcsh:H1-99 ,0503 education - Abstract
In this article, we engage with some of the ethical challenges we faced during a four-year postcritical ethnography that focused on the resettlement experiences of Burundians with refugee status living in southern Appalachia in the United States.We discuss how we navigated decisions about what and how to share all that we learned, particularly as we sought to protect and honor what participants shared and experienced. Broadly, we frame our decision-making process in relation to the notions of ethics in practice and relational ethics. Notably, we complicate commitments to transparency, trustworthiness, and advocacy, as we examine issues of responsibility and representation. We conclude by offering three considerations or "lessons learned" for qualitative researchers, including the: 1. value of generating a layered account of experience; 2. potentiality of experimental forms of writing, and 3. importance of foregrounding relational ethics., Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 19, No 3 (2018): Research Ethics in Qualitative Research
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- 2018