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- Title
Ethical Considerations on the Use of Archived Testimonies in Holocaust Research: Beyond the IRB Exemption.
- Authors
Einwohner, Rachel
- Abstract
This paper demonstrates that ethical problems may occur in qualitative research even if it draws on seemingly safe, 'exempt' data. Drawing on J.L. Jacobs' concept of 'double vision,' I describe a number of ethical issues that arose in a project using archived oral Holocaust testimonies; these included concerns about using pseudonyms and identification numbers instead of subjects' real names and problems with coding the testimonies and writing up the results. Despite these concerns, I conclude that double vision need not always be problematic, and can actually help identify guidelines for producing work that is both scientifically and ethically sound.
- Subjects
ORAL history; QUALITATIVE research; RESEARCH ethics; SOCIOLOGY methodology; ETHICAL problems; PARTICIPANT-researcher relationships; HUMAN research subjects; ETHICS
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 2011, Vol 34, Issue 3, p415
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11133-011-9196-y