The Technologies of Normalization and Self: Thinking about IRBs and Extrinsic Research Ethics with Foucault

Autor/inn/en	Koro-Ljungberg, Mirka; Gemignani, Marco; Brodeur, Cheri Winton; Kmiec, Cheryl
Titel	The Technologies of Normalization and Self: Thinking about IRBs and Extrinsic Research Ethics with Foucault
Quelle	In: Qualitative Inquiry, 13 (2007) 8, S.1075-1094 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-8004
DOI	10.1177/1077800407308822
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Researchers; Evaluators; Experiments; Research Methodology; Participant Characteristics; Politics of Education; Decision Making; Resistance (Psychology); Reflection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Researcher; Forscher; Erprobung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Resistenz
Abstract	In this article, the authors discuss the technologies of normalization and self in relation to ethics and the problematization of extrinsic research ethics. They argue that institutional review boards (IRBs) and other similar institutional mechanisms promote extrinsic forms of ethics that are exemplified through institutionalized structures such as (a) the Belmont Report, (b) IRB protocol, (c) informed consent, and (d) localized interpretations of IRB rules and regulations. However, at the same time, institutional normalization enables researchers and participants to construct themselves as ethically responsible participants through resistance and critical reflection. Such "care of the self" and critical awareness of dominant discourses and regimes of power and knowledge are essential to the development and practice of research that is ethical, free, and responsive. Finally, the authors conclude that the discussions about researchers' ethical decision making and freedom of choice need to be separate from discussions related to researchers' compliance, duties, and institutional responsibilities. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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