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Interviewing with Children in their Homes: Putting Ethical Principles into Practice and Developing Flexible Techniques
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Children-focussed geographers have begun to move beyond highlighting ethical problems that may occur when researching with children, instead focusing on the development of successful research strategies. This piece is intended to contribute to this work in two ways. Firstly, I reflect critically on how ethical guidelines were put into practice during a migration research project which involved interviewing children in their homes. In relation to researching with children, conversations concerning ethical issues such as access, gatekeeping, informed consent, payment, confidentiality and disclosure are not new. However, putting ethical principles into practice is rarely straightforward and requires further discussion. Secondly, I evaluate the practical, flexible techniques that I developed to try to ensure successful interviewing with children in their homes and emphasise the need for further discussions of this kind.
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“For example, Bushin (2007) discusses benefits and concerns regarding researching with children in their homes; she notes the flexibility involved in using the child's home as a research site, as opposed to trying to set up a rushed interview in a school setting. She reports parental gatekeeping requires discussion and negotiation, as she expected. However, she notes her concerns that children may”
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“She noted that this potentially put the child in a difficult position, as the child may have been confronted post-interview by the parent about the content of the interview.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bushin, N.
- Affiliations
- National University of Ireland (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Bushin, Naomi
- Venue
- Children's Geographies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 235-251
- ISSN
- 1473-3277 (ISSN-L)
- 1473-3285
- OpenAlex
- W1974982485
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Children s Geographies (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Swansea University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Keywords
- children's interviews, research ethics, home interviews, migration studies, informed consent, confidentiality, disclosure, gatekeeping
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