Taking refuge in the branches of a guava tree: the difficulty of retaining consenting and non-consenting participants’ confidentiality as an indigenous researcher

Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111 2011. Taking refuge in the branches of a guava tree: the difficulty of retaining consenting and non-consenting participants’ confidentiality as an indigenous researcher. Qualitative Inquiry 17 (10) , pp. 962-964. 10.1177/1077800411425151

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Abstract

Issues of anonymity of place, participants, and visual images are well documented in social science research (Wiles et al., 2008). However, in this article, I move beyond issues of the immediate concerns of anonymity to a wider application that encompasses the position of research participants, the researcher, and that of individuals who are unaware that they are a focus of research. The research study focused on the experiences of mothers and daughters residing in a marginalized housing area in urbanized South Wales, United Kingdom. The article draws specifically on data that present the darker side of family life and explores the affective landscapes of trust, confidentiality, silence, and the unintended consequences that encroach upon, and beyond, research relationships in indigenous qualitative inquiry.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Lifelong Learning Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Uncontrolled Keywords:	confidentiality; ethics; experimental writing; familiarity; informed consent
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1077-8004
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2023 03:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15611

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