I Wish he hadn't Told Me that

Methodological and Ethical Issues in Social Trauma and Conflict Research

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ID4713073
AuthorsJulia Chaitin (0000-0002-5099-9647, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume13
Issue8
Pages1145-1154
Publication date2003-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732303255997
PMID14556424
OpenAlexW2168922734
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited1

Undertaking research on individuals who have experienced social traumas, such as being a victim or perpetrator of genocides and wars, presents difficult decisions for qualitative researchers. Deciding how to deal with these issues becomes more problematic when the researcher is a member of the society in conflict. To do this work, and to work collaboratively with researchers from the other side, sensitive ways to collect data have to be chosen. Interpretations of the materials can be no less difficult: Analyses often lead to information and understandings that may be difficult for the researcher to deal with from ethical, moral, and personal standpoints, especially when he or she is a member of the society and culture under study. In this keynote address, the author explores methodological and ethical issues connected to these topics. She brings examples from her work on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and focuses on use of the life story methodology

Engineering ethics · Ethical issues · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Wish · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology · Social Science and Policy Research

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