scholarly journals Critique and Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
Mike Healy
Keyword(s):  
Research Process ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Research Themes

This conclusion discusses the extent to which the research themes have been addressed and identifies areas of possible further research. It also provides a critique of the project’s own research process. This book has considered three overarching themes: firstly, how far Marx’s approach to alienation could help theorise the experiences of the author’s three groups of research participants within their various settings. Secondly, how the dynamic nature of each examined environment added credibility to the view that alienation cannot be properly understood using simplified research approaches such as Seeman’s. Lastly it considers the extent to which Marx’s theory might be of use in providing a framework for undertaking the research into alienation in other contexts. The chapter also assesses strategies of amelioration of alienation and wider changes to the working environment as suggested by Marx whilst in the meantime acknowledging the virtue of practical steps to challenge and overcome the alienation so deeply rooted within our digital lives. The evidence presented within this book is in support of Marx’s persuasive line of argument that if the alienation of groups within society is to be avoided, ICT should be taken out of the control of capital and placed under the direction of collectives or communities.

Studying gendered embodied consumption with poststructuralist feminist hermeneutics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Drake ◽  
Scott K. Radford
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Body ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Recreational Runners ◽  
Feminist Hermeneutics

Purpose This study aims to consider how research methodologies and methods can afford holistic inquiry into gendered embodied consumption. Noting the salience of gender in past and present discourse surrounding the body and building on poststructuralist feminist hermeneutic philosophy and practice, the authors introduce a novel methodological framework situated within three considerations borne of the current socio-cultural landscape: the politics of embodiment, embodied identity and intersectionality. Design/methodology/approach To assist scholars and practitioners in interpreting themes of gendered embodiment in textual data surrounding consumption topics, the authors orient the framework around three principles of listening, questioning and hospitality. This framework fosters embodied empathy by linking the researcher’s body to those of research participants. To illustrate the method, the authors interpret consumption narratives extracted from semi-structured interviews with 26 women-identified recreational runners on the topics of embodiment, sport and media. Findings The interpretations of gendered consumption narratives show that using the principles of listening, questioning and hospitality invites an understanding of consumers as multifaceted, contradictory and agentic. The authors argue that consumers’ everyday experiences are often simple and quiet but embedded in history wherein bodies are both biological and inescapably social. Originality/value The methodological framework allows both the researcher’s and research participants’ embodiment to play a role in the research process. It also illuminates the entanglement of embodiment and consumption in a fraught, politicized context. The authors show that by listening to consumers, questioning their narratives and traditional interpretations thereof and inviting consumers to feel comfortable and heard, researchers can see what other approaches may overlook.

Ethics and the Ruling Relations of Research Production

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Truman
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Governance ◽  
Community Mental Health Service ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Research Production ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Ethical Approval

The role of research ethics committees has expanded across the UK and North America and the process of ethical review has become re-institutionalised under proposals for research governance proposed by government. Ethics committees have gained a powerful role as gatekeepers within the research process. Underpinning the re-constitution of ethical guidelines and research governance, are a range of measures which protect institutional interests, without necessarily providing an effective means to address the moral obligations and responsibilities of researchers in relation to the production of social research. Discussion of research ethics from the standpoint of research participants who in this paper, are service users within health and social care, provides a useful dimension to current debate. In this paper I draw upon experiences of gaining ethical approval for a research study which focused on user participation within a community mental health service. I discuss the strategies used to gain ethical approval and the ‘formal concerns’ raised by the ethics committee. I then describe and discuss ethical issues which emerged from a participants’ perspective during the actual research as it was carried out. These experiences are analysed using aspects of institutional ethnography which provides a framework to explore how the experiences of research participants are mediated by texts which govern the processes of research production. The paper highlights incongruities between the formal ethical regulation of research, and the experiences of research participants in relation to ethical concerns within a research process.

scholarly journals “I’ll Tell You What You Need to Know.” How Respondents Negotiate the Sense of Meaning- Making—Methodological Reflections from the Field Based on Ethnographic Study of Lesbian Parenting in Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-139
Author(s):  
Magdalena Wojciechowska
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Know How ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Lesbian Parenting ◽  
Shed Light

The aim of this paper is to shed light on how various interactional and interpretational contexts arising from specific researcher—research participants relationship established in the course of doing ethnographic study on sensitive, and thus often enough resistant to immediate cognition, phenomenon, namely, lesbian parenting in Poland, as well as different ways of embracing these, may factor into the research process. Drawing on specific dilemmas I encountered while doing the study at hand—from engaging a hard-to-reach population that, in a sense, wished to be reached, and the consequences thereof; through being pushed out of the comfort zone as the women under study, in the wake of becoming acquainted with the analysis I offered, “switched” from narrating their “in-orderto motives” to reflecting on the “because motives” behind their actions; to contextualizing emotions arising as my response to experiencing the issues they face (on a daily basis), to name a few—my goal here is to discuss how different ways of collecting and analyzing data—in the context of developing rapport with the women under study—have had an impact on conceptualizing and (re)framing the data at hand.

Thinking About Data With Grounded Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 743-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Charmaz ◽  
Linda Liska Belgrave
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Access To Data ◽  
Deductive Research

This article examines qualitative data in an era of neoliberalism and focuses on the place of data in grounded theory studies. Neoliberal values of individual responsibility, self-sufficiency, competition, efficiency, and profit have entered the conduct of research. Neoliberalism fosters (a) reifying quantitative logical-deductive research, (b) imposing surveillance of types and sources of data, (c) marginalizing inductive qualitative research, and (d) limiting access to data in grounded theory studies. Grounded theory relies on data and resists current efforts to abandon data. The method resides in the space between reifying and rejecting data. Data allow us to learn from the stories of those left out and permits research participants to break silences. Data can help us look underneath and beyond our privileges, and alter our views. Grounded theory is predicated on data, but how researchers regard and render data depends on which version of the method they adopt. We propose developing a strong methodological self-consciousness to learn how we affect the research process and to counter the subtle effects of neoliberalism.

scholarly journals Words, Camera, Music, Action: A Methodology of Digital Storytelling in a Health Care Setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 160940691986324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lang ◽  
Catherine Laing ◽  
Nancy Moules ◽  
Andrew Estefan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Health Care Setting ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Health Related Research ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Digital Formats

In this technological age, storytelling is moving from oral and written to digital formats, creating many methodological opportunities for researchers and practitioners. This article explores a specific genre of participatory media production, digital storytelling (DST), which could be a valuable research tool to describe, analyze, and understand the experiences of research participants. Digital stories (DS) are short movies that use images, videos, a voice-over, and various video editing techniques to share an important story from the participant’s life. In a health care setting, DS can be used as knowledge translation tools for education and advocacy, as data to be analyzed in the research process, or as a therapeutic intervention, in any combination, depending on the intent of the project. Although an increasing number of health-related research studies indicate using DST, or some variation of it, there is a glaring paucity of methodologically focused manuscripts in the health care literature. This article delineates and describes four primary phases of DST in a health care context as finding the story, telling the story, crafting the story, and sharing the story. Both the creative and technical considerations of DST facilitation are elucidated through specific examples and practical concepts. By drawing from diverse literature such as narratology, film, and psychotherapy, and exploring new creative tools and ideas to help research participants convey meaning, this article provides a starting point for qualitative researchers to explore the use of DST in their own contexts.

scholarly journals Maximising engagement and participation of intellectual disability staff in research: Insights from conducting a UK-wide survey

2020 ◽  
pp. 174462952092414
Author(s):  
Claire Kar Kei Lam ◽  
Jane Bernal ◽  
Janet Finlayson ◽  
Stuart Todd ◽  
Laurence Taggart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Recruitment Strategy ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Dissemination Strategy ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Disability Service Providers

Aim: This article explores ways of maximising engagement of intellectual disability staff as research participants, research advisers and research implementers. Method: The authors describe and reflect on a three-phased strategy in recruiting front-line staff ( n = 690) working for intellectual disability service providers ( n = 25) to participate in a UK-wide anonymous online survey about death, dying and bereavement. Results: Important elements in engaging participants were: involving stakeholders at all stages of the research process, which includes: building relationships with participating organisations; enlisting organisational management support at all levels; an attractive and well laid-out collection tool; a well-structured recruitment strategy; time and flexibility; and a varied and targeted dissemination strategy. However, the recruitment method had limitations, in particular around representativeness, bias and generalisability. Conclusions: Staff in intellectual disability services can be enthusiastic and invaluable research participants. Active engagement between researchers, participating organisations and stakeholder groups is key to ensuring involvement of intellectual disability staff with research.

Embodied Research in Migration Studies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Vacchelli
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Invasive Approach ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Colonial Theory ◽  
Embodied Research ◽  
Definition Of

The definition of data in qualitative research is expanding. This book highlights the value of embodiment as a qualitative research tool and outlines what it means to do embodied research at various points of the research process. It shows how using this non-invasive approach with vulnerable research participants such as migrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking women can help service users or research participants to be involved in the co-production of services and in participatory research. Drawing on both feminist and post-colonial theory, the author uses her own research with migrant women in London, focusing specifically on collage making and digital storytelling, whilst also considering other potential tools for practicing embodied research such as yoga, personal diaries, dance, and mindfulness. Situating the concept of ‘embodiment’ on the map of research methodologies, the book combines theoretical groundwork with actual examples of application to think pragmatically about intersectionality through embodiment.

scholarly journals Negotiating informed consent: A students-as-partners perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-137
Author(s):  
J. Michael Rifenburg ◽  
Emily Pridgen
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Lead Author ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
College Level ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Consent Document ◽  
English Major ◽  
The University

Building on our 2019 ISSOTL poster presentation, we (Michael: a tenured English Department faculty member; and Emily: an undergraduate English major) are developing a reflective essay about our in-progress SaP project designed to assess the effectiveness of recent university system mandated curricular changes to multiple sections of an introductory college-level writing course at our home institution, the University of North Georgia, USA. Even though we received the necessary institutional and federal government permissions to conduct this research, and even though the research participants signed the necessary informed consent document, as we continue our data collection we wonder how we might better listen and watch for what Bivens (2018) calls “microwithdrawals of consent.” Bivens describes this phenomenon as the “implied or partial halt of a person’s willingness to participate in one or more aspects of the research process and the researcher’s awareness of that withdrawal.” Bivens calls on researchers to stay attuned to the participant’s body language and vocal tone to notice when participants may want to withdraw consent but not explicitly say so. When undergraduate researchers conduct interviews with other undergraduates, they are well-positioned to perceive these microwithdrawals of consent. With Emily as the lead author for this proposed piece, we wonder: How can students working in partnership with faculty help faculty better understand how informed consent is an on-going and negotiated process that does not end when research participants sign a consent document? Pondering this question emphasizes the “messy, ‘work in progress’ nature of SaP” (Matthews, 2017, p. 4), which, we argue should hold a central place in our SaP publications.

Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Keluhan Mata pada Pekerja Las Industri Kecil di Kecamatan Tungkal Ilir Kabupaten Tanjab Barat Tahun 2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Putri Sahara Harahap ◽  
Irwandi Rachman ◽  
Firdaus Simanjuntak
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Fire Hazard ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Heat Radiation ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
P Value ◽  
Explosion Hazard ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstrak   Latar Belakang : Hasil observasi ditemukan bahwa 8 dari 10 tenaga kerja  hanya menggunakan kacamata biasa namun dalam jangka waktu 3 tahun bekerja mereka merasakan keluhan pada mata dan gangguan penglihatan. Pekerja rata-rata bekerja selama 8 jam  dalam sehari. Risiko bahaya yang ada pada pekerjaan las adalah debu, gas, sengatan listrik, cahaya dan sinar, radiasi panas, bahaya ledakan, bahaya kebakaran, dan bahaya percikan las. Pada mata, sinar tersebut dapat mengakibatkan iritasi dan penyakit mata Metode : analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional yaitu suatu penelitian untuk mempelajari dinamika korelasi antara faktor-faktor penelitian observasi atau pengumpulan data dilakukan sekaligus pada suatu saat secara bersamaan/point time aprroach. Tujuan : Penelitian ini merupakan analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional  yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan keluhan mata pada pekerja. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh pekerja las yang berjumlah 106 orang.  Proses penelitian dilakukan pada tanggal 4-23 Agustus Tahun 2017  di Kecamatan Tungkal Ilir Kabupaten Tanjab Barat. Data dianalisis secara univariat dan bivariat Hasil : Hasil penelitian secara univariat diperoleh bahwa sebagian besar (56,6%) lingkungan kerja baik, (84,0%) responden dalam masa kerja bersisiko, (68,9%) responden menggunakan kaca mata standar APD dan (74,5%) responden mengalami keluhan mata. Hasil analisis bivariat menggunakan uji chi-square menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara lingkungan kerja dengan p-value= 0,019,  masa kerja dengan p-value= 0,000 dan pemakaian APD dengan p-value= 0,022 terhadap keluhan mata pada pekerja las. Saran : Diharapkan pemilik usaha bengkel las menerapkan lingkungan kerja yang baik diantaranya adanya aturan dan SOP dalam bekerja maupun kelengkapan dan fasilitas APD yang sesuai dengan standar.   Kata Kunci    : Lingkungan Kerja, Masa Kerja, Pemakaian APD, Keluhan Mata   Abstract   Background : Observations found that 8 out of 10 laborers only used regular glasses but within 3 years of working they felt complaints on the eyes and impaired vision. Workers work on average for 8 hours a day. The hazards present in welding work are dust, gas, electric shock, light and light, heat radiation, explosion hazard, fire hazard, and the dangers of weld splashes. In the eyes, these rays can cause irritation and eye disease Method : This research is an analytic with cross sectional approach which is aimed to know the factors related to eye complaints to the workers. Population in this research is all welder worker which amounted to 106 people. The research process was conducted on August 4-23 Year 2017 in District Tungkal Ilir West Tanjab Regency. Data were analyzed univariat and bivariate Results : The result of univariate research showed that most (56,6%) good work environment, (84,0%) respondent in working period at risk, (68,9%) respondents using standard APD eye glass and (74,5%) respondent have eye complaints. The result of bivariate analysis using chi-square test shows that there is a relation between work environment with p-value = 0,019, working period with p-value = 0,000 and APD usage with p-value = 0,022 to eye complaints on welding workers. Conclusion : It is expected that the owner of the welding workshop to implement a good working environment such as the rules and SOPs in the work and completeness and facilities of PPE in accordance with the standards.   Key words: Work Environment, Work Period, Use of PPE, Eye Complaint

Reflexivity in Research Practice: Informed Consent with Children at School and at Home

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley Davies
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Ethical Approach ◽  
Ethics Guidelines ◽  
Research Ethics Guidelines

Informed consent is a key consideration in ethical research, particularly research conducted with children. Devising an approach to and obtaining informed consent is a complex task involving multiple considerations. The examples used in this paper are derived from a study investigating how children constitute family members and close relationships. The paper is divided into two sections. The first section suggests that researchers should take a reflexive approach to their professional research practice and addresses how a researcher's professional location determines their particular ethical approach. Consideration is given to how the researcher's particular ethical approach can be achieved in consultation with academic thought and research ethics guidelines, which often offer contradictory advice on important ethical issues. The second section of the paper addresses how researchers negotiate their approach to informed consent in particular research contexts which offer challenges to the researcher's thinking about research participants or chosen procedures for obtaining and maintaining that informed consent is upheld. The paper concludes by arguing that the researcher can incorporate academic thought and aspects of the research ethics guidelines in an approach to informed consent that simultaneously values the research participants and the ethical practices operating in the research setting. Such an approach involves careful negotiation and consideration of the interests of all stakeholders in the research process.

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