November 1, 2019

How do we approach ethical principles and protocols when considering difficult knowledge and research? To whom are we accountable? What responsibilities do we have to the research participants? How do we navigate institutional regulations and logics? 

Readings

1. Ross, Fiona. (2005). Codes and Dignity: Thinking about ethics in relation to research on violence. Anthropology Southern Africa, 28(3-4), 99-107.
2. Tuck, Eve. (2009). Re-visioning action: Participatory action research and Indigenous theories of change. The Urban Review 41.1 (2009): 47-65.
3. Nyong’o, Tavia. (2019). Introduction: A Race against Time? In Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life (pp. 1-26). New York: NYU Press.
4. Antwi, Phanuel. “On Labor, Embodiment, and Debt in the Academy.” a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 33.2 (2018): 301-326.

Recommended:
5. Fujii, Lee Ann (2012). Research Ethics 101: Dilemmas and Responsibilities. PS: Political Science and Politics, 45(4), pp. 717-723