We discussed the following questions:
3. Full collaboration between researcher and researched?
- What is full collaboration and how do we (as the researcher) achieve that?
- There are inherent power structures in place that affect collaboration
- Power structures between the researched and those making policies
- Difficult to avoid bias in research. It is important to identify our bias as a researcher and situate that within our findings.
6. The neutral, objective, rational researcher?
- Acknowledgement of bias is crucial
- Our identity and background is a part of all research and findings
- There is no 'perfect' or 'foolproof' way to conduct research
7. Ethics, power relationships, consent/assent?
- Are those being researched disclosing information? How do power structures contribute to the data that is gathered?
- How does third party funding complicate power and ethical relationships?
10. Theory vs. practice?
- Theory is not static--it is flexible
- Theory and practice often influence one another
- Situating practice within theory is important, but theory is not necessarily practical in day-to-day applications
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