From the Form to the Face to Face: IRBs, Ethnographic Researchers, and Human Subjects Translate Consent

Based on my fieldwork with Burmese teachers in Thailand, I describe the drawbacks of using IRB-mandated written consent procedures in my cross-cultural collaborative ethnographic research on education. Drawing on theories of intersubjectivity (Mikhail Bakhtin), ethics (Emmanuel Levinas), and transla...

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Published inAnthropology & education quarterly Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 167 - 184
Main Author Metro, Rosalie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2014
Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
Barriers
Burma/Myanmar
Collaboration
Cooperative learning
Cross Cultural Studies
Cross-cultural analysis
Cultural anthropology
Education
Educational Research
Educational theory
Ethics
Ethnographic research
Ethnography
Field work
Fieldwork
Foreign Countries
Human subjects
Informed Consent
IRBs
research ethics
Research Methodology
Research subjects
Subjectivity
Teachers
Thailand
Translation
Translations
Thailand
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Summary:Based on my fieldwork with Burmese teachers in Thailand, I describe the drawbacks of using IRB-mandated written consent procedures in my cross-cultural collaborative ethnographic research on education. Drawing on theories of intersubjectivity (Mikhail Bakhtin), ethics (Emmanuel Levinas), and translation (Naoki Sakai), I describe face-to-face consent encounters that offer alternate possibilities for ethical practice.
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ISSN:0161-7761
1548-1492
DOI:10.1111/aeq.12057