CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Lather
Lather, Patti. “Research as Praxis.” Harvard Education Review 56 (1986): 257-77. The primary goal of this essay is to involve researchers in the democratized process of research that emphasizes negotiation, reciprocity, and empowerment in the interest of the researched subjects – something of a Frierian emancipatory research as practice. The writer draws on feminist, neo-Marxist critical ethnography, and Frierian participatory research to create... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Kirsch and Mortensen
Kirsch, Gesa E., and Peter Mortensen. “Toward an Ethics of Research.” Ethical Dilemmas in Feminist Research: The Politics of Location, Interpretation, and Publication. Ed. Gesa E. Kirsch. Albany: State U of New York P, 1999. 87-103. The authors aim is to “map out significant problems and opportunities that await researchers who want their inquiries to be a resource for individual and group expressions of self-determination” (87). The... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Frankel & Siang
Mark S. Frankel and Sanyin Siang. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Human Subjects Research on the Internet: A Report of a Workshop June 10-11, 1999. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), November, 1999 – www.aaas.org/ssp/dspp/sfrl/projects/intres/report.pdf Internet research has ranged widely from naturalistic observation to surveys. Some difficulties in this sort of research include: anonymity, pseudonym use, informed... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Fluehr
Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. “Informed Consent in Anthropological Research: We are Not Exempt.” Human Organization 53 (1994): 1–10. The article investigates the history of the idea of informed consent and attempts to articulate why anthropology has not incorporated it into their research methods. The idea of “Informed Consent without Forms” is used to show that the “spirit of informed consent can be fulfilled without the intrusive and unnecessarily... Read More
CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Cushman
Cushman, Ellen, and Terese Guinsatao Monberg. “Building Bridges: Reflexivity and Composition Re-search.” Under Construction: Working at the Intersections of Composition Research, Theory, and Practice. Eds. Chris Anson and Christine Farris. Logan : Utah State UP, 1998. 166-80. C&M identify a main problem in composition research: we are often socially distanced from the cultures we study. Socially reflexive scholarship “is one that does... Read More
