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Category Archives: ethics
safety and research
Every now and then you read papers* by someone who has experienced violence during their fieldwork. Karen Ross, for instance, wrote about sexual violence in the field. She described the ways in which protecting herself from harassment and assault meant … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, ethics, ethics of care, trauma
Tagged ethics, post-traumatic stress, research-produced trauma
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an ethics of analysis and writing
How do you work ethically with material generated in an interview? I’ve been pondering this question recently as part of a more general think about ethical research practice*. Research ethics are covered in institutional forms – yes? Well no. The forms … Continue reading
Posted in analysis, data analysis, ethics, Uncategorized, writing research
Tagged analysis, ethics, Pat Thomson, writing
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why blog your field work?
Over the last week I’ve posted every day about the ethnographic research I was doing at the Tate Summer School, research carried out with the Tate Schools and Teachers team. Why? Why did I interrupt my normal flow of writing … Continue reading
don’t be a BAW – Badly-behaved Academic Writer
I was recently asked to talk to doctoral researchers about bad academic behaviour. Not in general, but bad behaviour specifically in relation to writing for publication. I came up with the following list. The Badly-behaved Academic Writer, or BAW for … Continue reading
doctoral research, ethics and the digital
Last Friday I was part of a workshop on doctoral research and ethics held at the Cambridge School of Education. Anna Robinson Pant began the day talking about cultural dilemmas in academic writing and doctoral research. She has written a … Continue reading
Posted in academic blogging, ethics
Tagged blogging, digital research, doctoral research, research ethics
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