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„Wir sind Penner. Wir sind Abschaum. Wir sind asozial. Wir gehören entfernt“ Read chapter Read first chapter

2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. (Un-)Informed Consent? Regulating and Managing Fieldwork Encounters in Practice

Authors : Dorit Happ, Frank Meyer, Judith Miggelbrink, Kristine Beurskens

Published in: Sozialraum erforschen: Qualitative Methoden in der Geographie

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Zusammenfassung

Interactive methods of qualitative social research such as interviews bear the possibility that the mere fact of researchers visibly conducting research may influence the behaviour e.g. of respondents. This empirically proven aspect of interviews, group discussions and observations leads to problems for the current practice of procedural ethics that call for a specific form of informed consent. We, in contrast, illuminate the complex relationships researchers and respondents engage in. Based on these insights, we highlight the need for consciously managing one’s identity in the course of fieldwork. Using examples from our own empirical work, we elaborate on the delicate balance between this essential impression management and the need to avoid deception which would compromise our research from an ethical point of view.

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Metadata
Title
(Un-)Informed Consent? Regulating and Managing Fieldwork Encounters in Practice
Authors
Dorit Happ
Frank Meyer
Judith Miggelbrink
Kristine Beurskens
Copyright Year
2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Sozialraum erforschen: Qualitative Methoden in der Geographie

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-56276-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-56277-2

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56277-2_2