Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World
Research in the humanities and social sciences thrives on critical reflections that unfold with each research project, not only in terms of knowledge created but also in whether chosen methodologies served their purpose. Ethics forms the bulwark of any social science research methodology, and it requires continuous engagement and reengagement for the greater advancement of knowledge. Each chapter in this book will draw from the empirical knowledge created through intensive fieldwork and provide an account of ethical questions faced by the contributors, placing them in the context of contemporary debates surrounding the theory and practice of ethics. The chapters have been thematically organized into five sections: Feminist Ethics: Cross-Cultural Reflections and Its Implications for Change; Researching Physical and Sexual Violence in Nonacademic Settings: A Need for Ethical Protocols; Human Agency, Reciprocity, Participation and Activism: Meanings for Social Science Research Ethics; Emotions, Conflict and Dangerous Fields: Issues of Safety and Reflective Research; and Social Science Education: Training in Ethics or Ethical Training and Ethical Publicizing. This interdisciplinary volume will interest students and researchers in academic and nonacademic settings in core disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, Law, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, or interdisciplinary degrees in Development Studies, Health Studies, Public Health Policy, Social Policy, Health Policy, Psychology, Peace and Conflict Studies and Gender Studies.
Keerty Nakray is Associate Professor at Jindal Global Law School in New Delhi, India.
Margaret Alston is Professor of Social Work and Head of Department at Monash University, Australia.
Kerri Whittenbury is a Senior Research Fellow in the Gender, Leadership and Social Sustainability (GLASS) research unit at Monash University, Australia.
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16Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World
Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Edited by Keerty Nakray, Margaret Alston and Kerri Whittenbury
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Social science research ethics for a globalizing world : interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Keerty Nakray, Margaret Alston and Kerri Whittenbury.
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This poem is a tribute to the women interviewed in this research. These women who display indomitable strength and resilience in spite of their difficult circumstances.
Million Lives Million Tears Million Laughters
Life unfolds like sand dunes unfold in a desert
Life unfolds like tides expose some part of hidden sand in the beach
I set out to unfold the lives of others
These people who are separated from me in space
Yet we are connected by our humanity
They have compassion, which I learn to have
I am not positive like them
I learn from them
There is no greater reality than this moment between me and them
People dont happen by accidents
Existence of life is not an accident
Is there a life which looks like a perfect circle?
Is there one?
Show me one
Then why is your life rejected
It is not a perfect circle
The body is immaterial
It is perishable
Why should somebody loathe you?
When your body is going to be the same dust as her and me
When colour dissolves and becomes the dust of the same colour
When all reality is dust, then why loathe the other
All life is a choice of existence before turning into dust
