When “Home” Becomes the “Field”: Ethical Considerations in Digital and Remote Fieldwork

• Published in: Perspectives on politics Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 849 - 862
• Main Authors: Konken, Lauren C., Howlett, Marnie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.09.2023
• Subjects: COVID-19; Data collection; Digital archives; Digital technology; Disease transmission; Dissemination; Ethics; Field study; Fieldwork; Human subjects; Pandemics; Political science; Qualitative research; Research ethics; Research methodology; Responsibilities; Social networks; Transparency

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the unpredictability and instability of fieldwork as a method for data collection. As the pandemic prompted unprecedented political dynamism and social and economic disruptions at both domestic and global levels, in-person fieldwork became challenging, if even p...