ABSTRACT

This reflective article draws upon our recent experiences in researching with refugees, especially women and youth, who have resettled in Australia. It is a practice and research-oriented article that presents our experience as a series of ethical challenges and how these were resolved to form opportunities for ongoing collaboration. We discuss the limitations of existing ethical guidelines relating to research with displaced people especially refugees; the difficulties of gaining consent in a manner that balances university requirements with participant self-determination; the issue of tangible benefits and reciprocity for participants; the challenge of accurate representation of refugee voices, using imagery; and finally our ongoing accountability to participants. In trying to address these issues, our projects have used a participatory, collaborative research method, in keeping with recent calls for greater use of this approach. In doing so, we have attempted to redistribute social power, ownership of results and resources from the researchers to the participants. We posit that giving refugee participants the opportunity to actively participate in sharing their stories is empowering and builds strength and resilience.

摘要

这篇反思性文章借鉴了我们最近与在澳大利亚定居的难民，特别是妇女和青年进行研究的经验。这是一篇以实践和研究为导向的文章，介绍了我们在一系列道德挑战方面的经验以及如何解决这些挑战，从而形成了持续合作的机会。我们讨论了有关与流离失所者，尤其是难民进行研究的现有道德准则的局限性；以平衡大学要求和参与者自决的方式获得同意的困难；为参与者带来切实的利益和互惠的问题；使用图像准确地表达难民声音的挑战；最后是我们对参与者的持续问责制。为了解决这些问题，我们的项目采用了参与式，协作研究方法，以适应最近对这种方法的更多使用的要求。为此，我们试图将社会力量，成果所有权和资源从研究人员重新分配给参与者。我们认为，为难民参与者提供机会积极参与分享他们的故事将增强能力，并增强其力量和韧性。