Life Stories, Intellectual Disability, Cultural Heritage and Ethics

Dilemmas in Researching and (re)presenting Accounts from the Scottish Highlands

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12901835
AutoresKarrie Marshall (autor correspondente), Elizabeth Tilley (0000-0002-2095-9724)
Ano2013
Volume7
Fascículo4
Páginas400-409
Data de publicação2013-10-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2013.842304
OpenAlexW2039923343
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas8

This article reflects on the ethical dilemmas involved in undertaking research on the history of institutional and community intellectual disability services between 1966 and 2009 in a tight-knit community in Scotland, through the In Our Own Voices: Leaving New Craigs hospitals’ story project. The accounts collected include painful memories of oppressive practice as well as fond recollections of community spirit, kindness and ‘good’ staff. However, the research stirred up sensitive issues amongst the community that left the researcher facing a number of challenges. In this article the authors will reflect on the ethics of investigating, confronting and disseminating difficult histories

Environmental ethics · Inclusion (mineral · Intellectual disability · Kindness · Political science · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Law · Medicine · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis