The Ethical and Methodological Complexities of Doing Research with 'Vulnerable' Young People
The Ethical and Methodological Complexities of Doing Research with 'Vulnerable' Young People
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对“弱势”年轻人进行研究的伦理和方法论的复杂性
DOI：
10.1080/13668790123540
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发表时间：
2001
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通讯作者：
T. Skelton
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作者：
G. Valentine;Ruth E. Butler;T. Skelton
在讨论与儿童打交道的方法和伦理准则时，年轻人作为一个社会类别可能会变得同质化。在这篇文章中，我们考察了当研究涉及到儿童或青年的“弱势”群体时，常见的方法和伦理困境，如接触潜在的受访者或获得同意，可能会变得更加复杂和重要。在这里，我们利用自己与自认的女同性恋者和男同性恋者合作的经验，来证明对性少数群体的研究特别敏感，因为有专门的法律来框定(或直到最近才框定)同性恋，而且因为儿童被普遍认为是无性或无辜的。在这样做时，我们还强调必须找到一个安全的空间，在那里可以在隐私和保密的情况下进行采访。
In discussing methodological and ethical codes for working with children there is a danger that young people can become homogenised as a social category. In this paper we examine the way in which common methodological and ethical dilemmas, such as accessing potential interviewees or gaining consent, can become more complex and significant when the research involves work with a 'vulnerable' group of children or youth. Here, we draw on our own experience of working with self-identified lesbian and gay young people, to demonstrate that research with sexual minorities is particularly sensitive because of the specific laws which frame (or until recently have framed) homosexuality and because of the way in which children are popularly constructed as asexual or innocent. In doing so we also highlight the importance of finding a safe space where interviews can be conducted in privacy and confidence.