Negotiating Research Ethics and Critical Research Approaches in Volatile Contexts (w/Focus on Southeast Asia) - Detailseite

This seminar takes cue from a decolonial, indigenous critical methodological approach when investigating and reflecting upon challenges of research ethics in volatile contexts in transregional perspective. It aims to enable students to be able to

·        critically reflect upon research ethics as central component of a self-reflective research design process,

·        engage with one’s own positionality and spatiality as well as with power and volatility in the Global North as well as Global South

·        draft a research ethics strategy and coping mechanisms

when undertaking field research.

In a first seminar bloc we engage with key readings and audio podcasts from scholars from a diverse disciplinary and topic-wise background. In a final seminar bloc, students will present their own take on how to negotiate research ethics and one’s own political and personal geography in sessions with topic tables / world café as well as with museum walks.

Option 1:

o   Preparing a poster and brief reading material for a “Thementisch” for a specific case study on research ethics dilemma, including a brief input presentation of 5min plus moderation (see Etherpad below for registration)

o   Writing an annotated bibliography for the selected case study of an ethics dilemma (3 pages, grey literature = max. 10%, plus 1 page with self-reflection)

Option 2:

o   Preparing a text discussion for a World Café Table, including a brief input presentation of 5min., thesis paper plus moderation related to the world café texts and one issue presented there (see Etherpad below for registration)

o   Writing a tentative research design outline on research ethics and risk assessment or negotiating positionality (3 pages, without references, plus 1 page of self-reflection)

Research Design Outline with specific research ethical reflections