Presenting and Representing Others: Towards an Ethics of Engagement

Autor/inn/en	Pickering, Lucy; Kara, Helen
Titel	Presenting and Representing Others: Towards an Ethics of Engagement
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20 (2017) 3, S.299-309 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2017.1287875
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Social Science Research; Social Scientists; Audiences; Poetry; Singing; Dance; Drama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Social scientist; Sozialwissenschaftler; Spectator; Zuschauer; Lyrik; Poesie; Gesang; Tanz; Schauspiel
Abstract	The ethics of research representation are rarely discussed. Yet representation can have a significant impact on research participants and audiences. This paper draws on some of the limited body of accounts of ethical challenges experienced in representing others in qualitative research. These accounts make clear that researchers often have to choose between 'competing goods' when representing others, such as participant control over what is presented and how, researchers' 'interpretive authority', and how to represent participants' speech. These decisions frequently involve researchers choosing between 'literal' (empirical, evidence-based) and 'real' (authentic, experiential) truths. To resolve these dilemmas, some researchers are turning to creative methods of representation, such as poems, songs, plays and dance. Like all forms of representation, these methods require compromise: in particular, some detail, depth, or location may be sacrificed in return for accessible engagement with participants and wider audiences. Conversely, traditional methods of presentation may sacrifice some scope for engagement and accessibility in return for greater detail and depth. We argue that such sacrifices are a necessary component of all forms of qualitative representation and consequently require a reflexive approach to choices about representation. It is this reflexive approach which we argue constitutes an ethics of engagement. (As Provided).
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