A critical self-reflexive account of a privileged researcher in a complicated setting: Kakuma refugee camp
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Bilotta, Neil
- Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Abstract
- As a white, Western-educated man, undertaking research in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, I encountered ethical dilemmas related to my privileged racial and gender status. These include power imbalances between researchers and refugees and conducting research in the face of human suffering. Through critical self-reflexivity, I analyze my own experiences to reveal the personal and professional vulnerabilities that researchers from high-income countries (HICs) may encounter when working in contexts where oppression and forced displacement are prominent. I conclude that researchers who work in contexts of forced migration must extend beyond the boundaries of procedural research ethics and include components of relational ethics. This involves close collaboration with refugee participants to develop more culturally relevant research ethics guidelines for refugee-specific populations.
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- 2021
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- Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Journal title
- Research Ethics
- Journal volume
- 17
- Journal issue
- 4
- Page start
- 435
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- 447
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- English
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- 1747-0161
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- SAGE Publications Inc.
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