Positionalities and Knowledge: Negotiating Ethics in Practice

Authors

  • Peter E. Hopkins School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University

Keywords:

asylum-seeking children, young Muslim men, ethics, multiple positionalities, ethical practices, participatory, reflexivity, international resear

Abstract

In this article, I draw upon my experience of working on two research projects – one with young Muslim men (Hopkins, 2006) and one with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (Hopkins and Hill, 2006; Hopkins, in press) – in order to reflect critically upon the negotiation of ethics in practice. The paper charts two of the ethical issues which were central to these projects; concerning multiple positionalities, and different knowledges and understandings of ethical practices. Although neither of these projects constituted a fully participatory research approach, they were both designed and conducted with participatory values in mind, and the issues raised and discussed here are of particular relevance to research of this nature.

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How to Cite

Hopkins, P. E. (2015). Positionalities and Knowledge: Negotiating Ethics in Practice. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 6(3), 386–394. Retrieved from https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/787

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2007): Special Issue: Participatory Ethics

Section

Special Issue - Participatory Ethics (Guest Edited by Caitlin Cahill, Farhana Sultana, and Rachel Pain)

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