Ethical Research with Children

An increasing interest in children's lives has tested the ethical and practical limits of research. Rather than making tricky ethical decisions, transparent researchers tend to gloss over stories that do not fit with sanitized narratives. This book aims to fill this gap by making explicit the lived experiences of research with children.

Ethical Research with Children: Untold Narratives and Taboos is a thought-provoking book which illuminates a range of ethical dilemmas that arise in doing research with children. this book is a must-read for researchers aiming to engage with the complexities of navigating research with children and their families. (Tamara Borovica, Children's Geographies, Vol. 15 (5), 2017)

Autorentext

Sarah Richards, Jessica Clark and Allison Boggis

Klappentext

An increasing interest in children's lives has tested the ethical and practical limits of research. Rather than making tricky ethical decisions, transparent researchers tend to gloss over stories that do not fit with sanitized narratives. This book aims to fill this gap by making explicit the lived experiences of research with children.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. Boundaries and Battlegrounds: Negotiating Formal Ethical Approval for Research with Children and Young People
2. Ethical Spaces and Places
3. The Rights of Participation and the Realities of Inclusion
4. The Illusion of Autonomy: From Agency to Interdependency
5. Ramifications of Category Entitlement: In What Ways Does Who We Are Determine What We Say?
6. Privileging Voices
   Conclusion