university ethics board name for oxford
CUREC
research ethics:
the relation between the researcher and what or who they research
Research integrity:
conducting research in such a way that allows to have confidence and trust in the methods and the findings of the research
what whe decleration of Helsinki
in 1964 - by the world medical federation
- research wit humans should be based of of the work from labatory and animal experimentation
research protocol should be reviewed by an independent committee
informed consent needed
should be conducted by qualified proffesssionals
risks should not exceed benefits
6 data management core principles:
- Processed fairly, lawefully and transparently
- used only for limited, specified stated purposes and not used or disclosed in any way incompatible with those purposes;
- adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary;
- accurate and, where necessary, up-to-date;
- not kept for longer than necessary; and
- kept safe and secure.
(Smith 1999)
“Research is probably one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous world’s vocabulary.”
quote for research as extraction:
(Smith 1999) - ‘‘research is probably one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous worlds vocabulary’’
reflexive turn
- acknowledgement that social science research is located in existing systems of power:
- the researcher as constrained by his/her/their own class, race, gender and other subject positions, as well as geopolitical location
- ‘fieldwork’ as a practice imbued with colonial ideas about ‘exotic’ places and cultures; unequal and extractive relationships with those who are studied
Haraway (1991)
situated knowledge
-Research as embodies, situated and always partial
-Comes from standpoints incapable of making universal claims
-Limits of capacity to represent
Positionality
in contemp human geog scholarship some engagement with positionality broadly expected
-Need to be reflected on throughout the planning, conduct and reporting of research
-Shouldn’t be consigned to paragraph statement
Catungal and Dowling (2021)
ethics in qualitative research
ethical research is shaped by power – personal and group identities shape the relationships and contexts between ppts and researchers
-Because the conduct of research is embedded in society it is by necessity shaped by the processes , structures and inequalities that shape society more broadly
-Critical that researchers p;ace their own power and recognize themselves withing greater power constructs
what is insider research?
one of the ways of research that allow the researcher to relate to the ppts through a similarity in experience and identity = Scholars able to mobilise shared identities to negotiate research relationships, closer power dynamic – not work in all contexts
power flower exercise
commonly used in fields of education, social work and social services = helps to catalog ones political positionalities in relation to various axes of social difference and encourage critical reflection on how these positionalities translate materially to power access and safety in different contexts
ethics in qualitative research reference
Catungal and Dowling (2021)
ROSE (1997)
CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY: recognition of the practice of research as well as researchers and participants do not operate in a vacuum but in fields of power and ongoing histories of social differentiation
-Cautions against an individualistic approach to reflexivity which can take form of the researcher just expressing their identity as their act of being reflexive = does not account for the powerful force of positionalities in research = the ways that they bear materiality on knowledge production
Decolonial Methods – navigating indigenous research - reference
Smiles (2023)
reference for critical reflexivity
Rose (1997)
Historically archival research methods embedded in an intense positivism in Geography
reference and comment
Lorimer 2009 = Suitably detached researcher could ‘mine’ historical facts from the record
power in the archive example:
power of state archives demonstrated by the building and infrastructures that are storing the archives – grand, structured to impose authority and authority
counter archives reference - and their role
(Scott, 2008)
overcoming gaps or fragments in particular archive is to cross reference from other archives
-challenging the colonial and exclusionary narratives and absences
-archives as subjective knowledge system being put to political use
Lorimer (2009)
-advocate for more expansive, reflexive and create engagement with the past
-argue that dust can be significant indicator of greater ecologies of research
-archives as their own site of knowledge production rather than just knowledge collections
-Concept of the archive is expanding beyond traditional civically administered collections to include physical landscapes, personal papers, objects and digital resources
-Performance and personal memory are increasingly recognised as valuable methodologies for historical research
the growing acceptance of oral history and the significance of engaging with “family archives,” personal papers, and keepsakes, recognising the “emotional charge, vulnerability and tactility of the archive.”
interviews quote - and reference
‘a conversation with purpose’ (valentine et al, 2005)
emplacing the research - reference
Riley (2010) - the farm
Riley (2010)
Farm including its history and changing practices is positioned as main topic in interviews described as ‘interviewing the farm’
Convenient for ppts especially in isolated areas – helps feel more comfortable
-Being on the farm facilitates engaging with individuals beyond the primary farmer (often the principal male operator), such as farm women and farm workers, whose contributions are frequently “invisible” in traditional research methods
-helps to “decenter” the focus from a single individual, making the interview less confrontational and potentially leading to a more shared, “coconstructed” understanding of the farm’s history and practices
-material artifacts in the farm can be used as prompts in the interview
-mobile methodologies = reduce pressure to fill silences and stiffness
