학술논문

PROJECTS WITH PEOPLE, PARTICIPANT-COERCION AND THE AUTOETHNOGRAPHICAL INVITE.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Canadian Journal of Action Research; Apr2020, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p85-103, 19p
Subject
Action research
Professional relationships
Community-based participatory research
Human research subjects
Informed consent (Law)
United Kingdom
Language
ISSN
19257147
Abstract
Researchers in the arts and social sciences often work on multiple projects simultaneously; we are by definition highly social in our professional and outreach relationships. Working in the field of drama, with its innate focus on people and communities, multiplies this social aspect. Qualitative approaches such as action research and autoethnography are regularly employed in arts and education practices. This article describes a long-term relationship with a not-forprofit organisation in the UK, focusing on a project that used drama as a tool for building selfconfidence and employability. At the same time, it attempts to link autoethnography with participatory action research, describing some of the distinctive features and questioning the relationship between empathy and exploitation, informed consent, and participantmanipulation. This aspect is couched in terms of a journey that interrogates the insider/outsider status of researchers. Where the article asks questions, these are significantly, if not always exclusively, asked of its writer; where it becomes a troubled and potentially troubling ethical calling to account, it is this writer who most overtly stands accused. Readers are invited to journey through documentation that at times doubts its own place; through an article which questions some taken-for-granted research practices and which navigates the personal/professional tensions in conducting research with participants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]