From Ethics to Refusal: Protecting Migrant and Refugee Students from the Researcher's Gaze
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https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.40893Keywords:
humanizing methodology, testimonio, migrant and refugee youth, politics of protection, research ethicsAbstract
This piece makes a methodological contribution to refugee studies in the context of the “ethical turn” in the field by arguing for a spectre orientation to the student voice that resituates participant knowledge as diffused rather than explicit. This orientation, as a methodological stance, goes beyond reflexivity and practices a refusal to engage in damage-centred research. Drawing from a broad theoretical and conceptual literature within the contexts of forced migration, this short essay expands the current literature focusing on procedural ethics by offering a more humanizing methodology for conducting research with migrant and refugee youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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