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

CCR601 – FP – 2nd Gen. – Bassett and O’Riordan

Bassett, Elizabeth H., and Kate O’Riordan. “Ethics of Internet Research: Contesting the Human Subjects Research Model.” Ethics and Information Technology 4 3 (2002): 233-47. Print. The authors in this piece argue that the spatial metaphors used in descriptions of the Internet has shaped the adoption of the human subjects research model.  This model is appropriate in some areas of internet research like email; however, the authors... Read More

CCR601 – FP – 2nd Gen – Anderson

Anderson, Paul V. “Simple Gifts: Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Person-Based Composition Research.” College Composition and Communication 49 1 (1998). Print. This article heralds a new investigation into the ethical obligations to “persons whose words and actions we transform into ‘data’ of our research” (63). There are multiple reasons why Anderson sees a need for this sort of work: Much of the contemporary research and literature... Read More