Negotiating Access to Research Sites and Participants within an African Context: The Case of Cameroon

Autor/inn/en	Vuban, Joyce Afuh; Eta, Elizabeth Agbor
Titel	Negotiating Access to Research Sites and Participants within an African Context: The Case of Cameroon
Quelle	In: Research Ethics, 15 (2019) 1, (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-0161
DOI	10.1177/1747016118798874
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Qualitative Research; Data Collection; Field Studies; Research Methodology; Cultural Context; Barriers; Participation; Ethics; Cameroon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Qualitative Forschung; Data capture; Datensammlung; Praxisforschung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Teilnahme; Ethik; Kamerun
Abstract	This article argues that localizing access -- a general ethical principle -- is a workable strategy that can be used in approaching participants in qualitative research across disciplines and in coping with respective institutional practices in order to collect meaningful data. This article is based on the autobiographical, lived experiences of the authors during the period of their data collection in Cameroon in 2013 and 2015, by the second and first author, respectively. Therefore, generalization across a broader context is somewhat restricted, and a closer analysis of specific cultural and situational realities is needed. The article addresses two main objectives, that is, to identify factors that inhibit and factors that facilitate access to individuals and institutions. To this end, the article employs self-reflexivity and provides valuable explanations on the workability of applying skills of negotiating access in a local cultural context. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01