A Delicate Balancing Act: Negotiating with Gatekeepers for Ethical Research When Researching Minority Communities
A Delicate Balancing Act: Negotiating with Gatekeepers for Ethical Research When Researching Minority Communities
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DOI：
10.1177/160940691301200102
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Das, Chaitali
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作者：
McAreavey, Ruth;Das, Chaitali
知识生产的研究和过程往往建立在种族主义和帝国主义框架的基础上，这导致少数群体被排斥或病理性。研究人员通过采用招聘战略来解决排斥问题，这些战略涉及与看门人谈判，以确保纳入少数群体或边缘化群体。这通常涉及对看门人的深入审查，并要求研究人员谈判交易并披露个人信息。然而，由于这些互动的结果，关于该领域的研究者面临的务实伦理问题的讨论仍然相对较少。本文认为，与看门人的互动提出了伦理问题，研究人员可以通过实践来有效地解决和管理这些问题。Phronesis允许研究人员根据研究地点和受试者的具体特征做出关键的伦理决定，尤其是那些由于研究人员定位而出现的问题。这样的决定不一定是通过管理研究伦理的官僚程序来确定或适应的。我们提出了研究伦理的概念，认为这是一个持续的过程，需要研究人员的技能和参与，而不是一次性的官僚做法。
Research and processes of knowledge production are often based on racialised and imperialistic frameworks that have led to either the exclusion or the pathologisation of minority groups. Researchers address issues of exclusion by adopting recruitment strategies that involve negotiating with gatekeepers to ensure the inclusion of minority or marginalised groups. This often involves in-depth scrutiny of gatekeepers and requires the researchers to negotiate deals and to make personal disclosures. However, there remains relatively little discussion on the pragmatic ethical issues facing researchers in the field as a result of these interactions. This article suggests that interactions with gatekeepers present ethical issues that can be effectively addressed and managed by researchers through the exercise of phronesis. Phronesis allows researchers to make critical ethical decisions based on the specific characteristics of the research sites and subjects, not least of which are those issues that emerge as a consequence of researcher positionality. Such decisions are not necessarily identified or accommodated through bureaucratic processes which govern research ethics. We advance the notion of research ethics as an ongoing process that requires researcher skills and engagement, rather than a one-off bureaucratic exercise.