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A 'sense of failure'? Everydayness and research ethics

Horton, J. (2008) A 'sense of failure'? Everydayness and research ethics. Children's Geographies. 6(4), pp. 363-383. 1473-3285.

Item Type: Article
Abstract: A key legacy of much recent theorising in Anglo-American Human Geography has been the realisation that the 'excess' and 'messiness' of (too-easily and too-often overlooked) everyday events, geographies and experiences ought to have far-reaching conceptual and methodological implications. The aim of this paper is to elaborate some (as yet relatively implicit) ethical dimensions of this challenge, via a consideration of one particular notion and domain of ethics (research ethics in Human Geography) and, then, via one specific case study (re-presenting moments from my experiences of - and small 'failures' in - conducting qualitative research with children, as an adult male, in the UK, in 2000-2002)
Uncontrolled Keywords: everydayness; children's geographies; research ethics; 'failure'
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ767 Children. Child development
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography > GF26 Study and teaching. Research
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography > GF41 Human geography. Human ecology
Creators: Horton, John
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > The Centre for Children and Youth
Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date: 1 November 2008
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 363-383
Journal or Publication Title: Children's Geographies
Volume: 6
Number: 4
Language: English
ISSN: 1473-3285
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502

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