Ethical Principles, Social Harm and the Economic Relations of Research
Negotiating Ethics Committee Requirements and Community Expectations in Ethnographic Research in Rural Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Ansell (0000-0002-6129-7413, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK, corresponding author), Evance Mwathunga (0000-0001-8126-9906, University of Malawi Chancellor College, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi), Flora Hajdu (0000-0002-8967-0152, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden), Elsbeth Robson (0000-0003-3513-460X, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK), Thandie Hlabana (0009-0009-6700-3891, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho), Lorraine Van Blerk (0000-0003-1792-2354, University of Dundee), Roeland Hemsteede (0000-0001-8916-7226, IOD PARC, Sheffield, UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 725-736 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10778004221124631 |
| OpenAlex | W4304805740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
Conventional research ethics focus on avoidance of harm to individual participants through measures to ensure informed consent. In long-term ethnographic research projects involving multiple actors, however, a wider concept of harm is needed. We apply the criminological concept of social harm, which focuses on harm produced through and affecting wider social relations, to a research project that we undertook in Malawi. Through this, we show how structural economic inequalities shape the consequences of research for the differently positioned parties involved. Specifically, we focus on dilemmas around transferring resources within three social fields: our relations with a Malawian ethics committee; our interventions in a rural community; and our efforts to engage the policy community. Each of these involved multiple and differently placed individuals within broader, multi-scalar structural relations and reveals the inadequacies of conventional codes of ethics
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |