The Epistemological and Ethical Challenges of Archiving and Sharing Qualitative Data
The Epistemological and Ethical Challenges of Archiving and Sharing Qualitative Data
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DOI：
10.1177/0002764218796084
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发表时间：
2019-05-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Shaw, Linda
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作者：
Feldman, Shelley;Shaw, Linda
本文确定了认识论和伦理问题，伴随着越来越多的任务存档和共享定性数据。我们呼吁注意的潜在后果的“共享访问”的数据，是基于意义的制造和解释嵌入在研究人员和他们的研究之间的互动。我们认为，上下文特异性和定性数据生产的共同组成过程排除了分离的“证据”，其生产的关系，需要当证据被存档供他人将来使用。此外，我们确定了涉及确保我们参与者的权利和保密性的伦理挑战，以及在确保未来未知研究人员使用数据的知情同意时，这种参与对弱势群体带来的特殊关注。最后，我们问是否要求更高的效率和问责制的公共访问是适当的定性证据的共同构成的特点，这些需求预示着知识生产。最后，我们呼吁制定协议，以指导那些对这些问题敏感但必须响应存档和共享数据的呼吁的研究人员。
This article identifies the epistemological and ethical problems that accompany the growing mandate to archive and share qualitative data. We call attention to the potential consequences of "shared access" for data that is premised on meaning-making and interpretation embedded in interactions between the researcher and those they study. We argue that context specificity and the co-constitutive processes of qualitative data production preclude the separation of "evidence" from the relations of its production that is required when evidence is archived for future use by others. Furthermore, we identify the ethical challenges that attend to ensuring the rights and confidentiality of those we engage and the particular concerns such engagement entails for vulnerable populations when securing informed consent for the use of data by future unknown researchers. Finally, we ask whether the claim for greater efficiencies and accountability of public access are appropriate for the co-constitutive character of qualitative evidence and what these demands portend for knowledge production. We conclude by calling for the development of protocols to guide researchers who are sensitive to these issues but must respond to calls to archive and share their data.