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- Kalinina, Ekaterina
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Difficult choices : Application of feminist ethics of care in action research
- 2020
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Ingår i: Media activist research ethics. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783030443887 - 9783030443894 ; , s. 193-218
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study analyses potential vulnerabilities conditioned by the pressure of an ethics of care placed on a researcher to stay empathetic with the subjects of study in action research with subcultures consisting of male-dominated groups, including how 24/7 access to social media and digital technologies augments possibilities for abuse. The author, and the subject of this chapter, is a female researcher who has conducted action research in a community of Russian hip-hop activists for a period of two years, during which she has played the double role of both project manager and researcher. The starting point of this project was to establish a horizontal organisational structure that would allow greater agency on the part of community members to influence both cultural actions and research processes. Applying auto-ethnography, the author addresses the following research questions: What are the potential implications of the use of a feminist ethics of care by a female researcher in relation to a male-dominated community when attempting to equalise power dynamics between the university and community? What kinds of problems might arise when the subjects of research overstep their agency to influence decision-making processes? How can media channels for internal communication be used (and abused) and what are the ethical implications for the researcher and the subjects of the research?
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- Sartoretto, Paola, et al.
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Dealing with ethical dilemmas in activist research on social movement media
- 2020
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Ingår i: Media activist research ethics. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783030443887 - 9783030443894 ; , s. 51-66
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter addresses dilemmas and strategies in dealing with ethical risks in ethnographic research. Based on the authors’ research processes on social movement media in Brazil, we compare dilemmas arising from relationships—as Europe-based Brazilian researchers—with activists in Brazil. The widespread uses of digital media in political demonstrations and protests have created epistemological and methodological challenges to research on communication for development and social change. A key challenge lies in the relationship between the researchers and the researched. As Brazilian researchers in European institutions, we become mediators of knowledge about Brazil and Latin America among research communities in Europe, experiencing ethical dilemmas regarding how we represent the groups about which we do research. We compare our experiences researching the communicative processes and media practices in the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement and the trajectories in media activism of low-income youth in favelas of Rio de Janeiro, focusing on four different areas: (a) overcoming suspicion and resistance to researchers among activists; (b) justifying research to activists; (c) balance between science and advocacy; and (d) collaboration and dialogue. We conclude that by engaging in activist research, we become mediators between two realms of knowledge and action: academia and social movements.
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- Velkova, Julia
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The ethics of reciprocal communication
- 2020
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Ingår i: Media activist research ethics. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783030443887 - 9783030443894 ; , s. 157-173
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- Yurchuk, Yuliya, 1981-, et al.
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Challenges of Ongoing Conflict Research: Dialogic Autoethnography in Studies of Post-2014 Ukraine
- 2020
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Ingår i: Media Activist Research Ethics. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. - 9783030443887 - 9783030443894 ; , s. 249-268
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The transdisciplinary collaborative project “Propaganda and management of information in the Ukraine-Russia conflict” (2016–2018) that the authors were a part of, focused on Ukrainian actors and used ethnography, and particularly interview, as its primary methodology. We have been interviewing journalists, media experts, historians, etc. Many of the informants highlighted their roles as activists and change agents in the post-2014 society. Coming from different research fields (history and journalism and media studies), we have been reflecting upon the tension between our striving at academic neutrality and the different disciplinary approaches, as well as unavoidable emotional involvement in the subject we scrutinize. The chapter is based on dialogic autoethnography wherein we reflect on the challenges the researchers face when conducting ethnographic research on activists and dealing with such sensitive issues as information warfare and armed conflict. This becomes especially problematic when scholars come from the countries involved in the conflict, Ukraine and Russia. It continues the discussion about the role of emotions in ethnographic research. We aim to contribute to several discussions: field of conflict ethnography, work in multidisciplinary research environment, and particularities of conducting interviews with activists.
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