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 perspectives. It aims to enable students to
· critically reflect upon research ethics as central component of a self-reflective research design process,
· engage with their own positionality and spatiality as well as with power and volatility, both in the Global North and in the Global South
· draft a research ethics strategy and adopt coping mechanisms
when undertaking field research.
In a first seminar block, we engage with key readings and audio podcasts from scholars from a diverse disciplinary and topic-wise background. In a final seminar block, students will present their own take on how to negotiate research ethics and their own political and personal geographies 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 a research ethics dilemma, including a brief input presentation of 5 min. plus moderation
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 5 min., thesis paper plus moderation related to the World Café texts and one issue presented there
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) |
