Qualitative Transparency Deliberations

We recently secured a reviewer on a niche piece with few potential reviewers. While our journal does not have a policy on DA-RT (for reasons of this forum) this particular piece was database-focused. When the reviewer requested all of the prior materials, referencing DA-RT, we contacted the author a...

Real-existing fieldwork would have trouble with some of the bureaucratic requirements outlined by the DA-RT initiative. I obtain extremely relevant information by sitting in city council meetings, going to demonstrations, by talkng to people on buses, by chance encounters. Sometimes people tell me t...

I posted in the first round about the dangers posed by DA-RT on research on nationalism. In a related move, the Association for the Study of Nationalities released a statement that DA-RT poses a danger to our ability to conduct research. There are three clear types of harms to persons that can resul...

As I post this, I fear for academic colleagues in Turkey. Academics are being fired from their jobs, and some are being arrested. I am not a Turkey specialist, but have cooperated with a number of Turkish academics because it was for years an exciting place for politics research. Not only are my col...

In trying to post a more productive reply on this, I see that others have beaten me to it. So I would like to emphasize what has been said above... 1. Journalistic standards have been reached after a great deal of the field's own professional development. They involve getting at least 2 sources for ...

I agree with everything that Karen (if I may!) said above. I presented a paper on this at a conference recently and was asked what we should do instead, to solve the problem of transparency. And I had to respond that I simply didn't see what the problem was. I have had people email me and request qu...

Hello everyone, The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) executive passed a resolution expressing concerns about DA-RT at its April conference. The text of the resolution is here: m I summarized some of the concerns in my paper for the conference, selections of which are below: This disc...