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Unravelling Research

The Ethics and Politics of Research in the Social Sciences

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Unravelling Research is about the ethics and politics of knowledge production in the social sciences at a time when the academy is pressed to contend with the historical inequities associated with established research practices. Written by an impressive range of scholars whose work is shaped by their commitment to social justice, the chapters grapple with different methodologies, geographical locations and communities and cover a wide range of inquiry, including ethnography in Africa, archival research in South America and research with marginalized, racialized, poor, mad, homeless and Indigenous communities in Canada. Each chapter is written from the perspective of researchers who, due to their race, class, sexual/gender identity, ability and geographical location, labour at the margins of their disciplines. By using their own research projects as sites, contributors probe the ethicality of long-established and cutting-edge methodological frameworks to theorize the indivisible relationship between methodology, ethics and politics, elucidating key challenges and dilemmas confronting marginalized researchers and research subjects alike.

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Teresa Macías

Teresa Macías is an associate professor in the School of Social Work, York University. Her scholarly interests include transnational human rights regimes, poststructuralism, decolonial thought and social work education. She has done research and published on a diversity of topics, including human rights policies in Latin America, truth and reconciliation commissions, state compensation policies, nation-building, torture, issues of representation, critical pedagogy, neoliberalism in social work, research methodology and research ethics. Dr. Macías came to Canada from Chile as a political refugee.
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 In Chapter 1, author Teresa Macías explains the intentions behind this edited collection, which serves to centre the authors’ own research work as material foundation for analyses that … 18 $1.80

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 In Chapter 2, authors Vannina Sztainbok and Lorena M. Gajardo examine the ethics of ambiguity when engaging in research within the geopolitical structures that continue to rely on the … ; 24 $2.40

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 In Chapter 3, Teresa Macías reflects on the ethical challenges associated with researching stories of state-sponsored terror recorded in archives. This chapter discusses topics including … 24 $2.40

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 In Chapter 4, Leila Angod builds on the work of Sherene Razack, a Canadian critical race scholar, and proposes an ethics of accountability defined as a commitment to recognize not only how … 21 $2.10

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 In Chapter 5 author Harjeet Kaur Badwall cautions racialized researchers against unquestioned assumptions of insider researcher positions when doing research on racism. She urges us to resist the … 17 $1.70

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 In Chapter 6 authors Brenda A. LeFrançois and Jijian Voronka reflect on the politics of knowledge production concerning people historically labelled as mad, arguing for the maddening of both … ; 26 $2.60

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 In Chapter 7 Julia Elizabeth Jane entangles ethics, methodology and politics. Also a central theme in Janes’ chapter is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The chapter explores … 23 $2.30

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 In Chapter 8 authors Caitlin Janzen and Susan Strega centre the issue of intersubjective relationality when reflecting on their research work with women transitioning out of street sex work, many … ; 28 $2.80

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 In Chapter 9 author Anne O’Connell focuses on how corporate practices of digital data management intersect with academic research in ways that sidestep ethical institutional safeguards and … 29 $2.90

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 The Afterword is provided by Sherene H. Razack. 9 $0.90