Issues of responsibility when conducting research in a northern rural school |
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| Authors: | Eeva Kaisa Hyry-Beihammer Eila Estola Leena Syrjälä |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education , University of Oulu , Oulu , Finland eeva.hyry@oulu.fi;3. Faculty of Education , University of Oulu , Oulu , Finland |
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| Abstract: | This article focuses on how interaction meetings between researchers and research participants in a northern Finnish village and its village school develop the researchers’ sense of responsibility as part of their research ethics. The ethics of caring is often seen as the root of the ethics of responsibility, but the authors suggest listening to both the “justice voice” and “caring voice.” Reflecting on the research project and on events in the field, three senses of responsibility are distinguished and described: one, the responsibility for relationships; two, political responsibility; and three, the responsibility to maintain a democratic process when presenting results. We argue that the local and bodily experiences of a researcher in the field give a researcher new emplaced knowledge that transforms his or her sense of responsibility. |
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| Keywords: | responsibility ethics ethnography narrative inquiry |
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