Harm, change and unpredictability: the ethics of interviews in conflict research
Harm, change and unpredictability: the ethics of interviews in conflict research
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DOI：
10.1177/1468794120975657
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发表时间：
2020-12-08
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Knott, Eleanor
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作者：
Kostovicova, Denisa;Knott, Eleanor
将访谈视为涉及研究人员和研究参与者的知识创造关系，我们在冲突和冲突后背景下进行研究时，涉及这种关系不可预测性的伦理含义。通过保守地应用预防原则，禁止改变所有参与研究过程的人，假设改变（总是）意味着伤害，迄今为止，学者们忽视了来自访谈方法不可预测性的伦理挑战。反过来，这种观点限制了我们捕捉和减轻可能形式的伤害的能力，破坏了现有道德准则的合法性和适当性。我们主张在访谈研究中采用审慎和迭代的方法来理解伤害和伤害阈值。这一论点借鉴了最近关于自然科学中预防原则的辩论，该原则解决了研究的不可预测性，使我们能够以合乎道德的方式思考变化。
Conceiving of interviews as relationships of knowledge creation involving a researcher and a research participant, we engage with the ethical implications of the unpredictabilities of this relationship when conducting research in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Through a conservative application of the precautionary principle that prohibits change of all involved in the research process, presuming change (always) implies harm, scholars to date have overlooked the ethical challenges that stem from the unpredictability of the interview method. In turn, this perspective has limited our ability to capture and mitigate possible forms of harm, undermining the legitimacy and appropriateness of existing ethical guidelines. We argue for a deliberative and iterative approach to understandings of harm and harm thresholds in interview research. This argument draws on recent debates on the precautionary principle in natural sciences, which address the unpredictabilities of research, allowing us to think about change in ways that is ethical.