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by SheenaGreitens
Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:03 pm
Forum: IV.1. Authoritarian/repressive political regimes
Topic: Risks and Practices to Avoid?
Replies: 5
Views: 15362

Risks and Practices to Avoid?

What are the risks of transparency in authoritarian/repressive research contexts? What practices related to transparency -- current or suggested -- should be avoided in these contexts?
by SheenaGreitens
Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:03 pm
Forum: IV.1. Authoritarian/repressive political regimes
Topic: Good examples and best practices?
Replies: 3
Views: 13626

Good examples and best practices?

What are good examples of work where a researcher has been sufficiently transparent in research in authoritarian settings? What are innovative and useful practices that researchers in this field might adopt?
by SheenaGreitens
Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:02 pm
Forum: IV.1. Authoritarian/repressive political regimes
Topic: Challenges to Transparency in Authoritarian/Repressive Settings
Replies: 3
Views: 14334

Challenges to Transparency in Authoritarian/Repressive Settings

What distinctive challenges might arise that should be addressed by the researcher to satisfy this goal in authoritarian settings? In other words, what must a researcher be explicit about to meet the standard of "transparency" in these settings?
by SheenaGreitens
Wed Sep 14, 2016 2:01 pm
Forum: IV.1. Authoritarian/repressive political regimes
Topic: What are the goals of transparency?
Replies: 3
Views: 13648

What are the goals of transparency?

What is the goal of transparency in research on/in authoritarian political settings? Why is transparency important and what do we mean by it?
by SheenaGreitens
Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:40 pm
Forum: IV.1. Authoritarian/repressive political regimes
Topic: Welcome, and inviting your comments
Replies: 0
Views: 31458

Welcome, and inviting your comments

Welcome to the QTD discussion board for research that occurs in authoritarian or repressive political contexts. This working group will consider distinctive transparency issues that arise for research conducted in/on authoritarian or repressive political regimes. Broadly speaking, we will ask: what ...
by SheenaGreitens
Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:14 pm
Forum: Substantive Dimensions of the Deliberations
Topic: DA-RT: effect on graduate training
Replies: 6
Views: 20835

DA-RT: effect on graduate training

I wonder if anyone currently teaching qualitative methods has felt an impact from the DA-RT process in their graduate programs. I am currently teaching our qualitative methods course to PhD students, and my students have raised a number of questions about disciplinary requirements for archival and i...
by SheenaGreitens
Wed Apr 20, 2016 9:48 pm
Forum: Substantive Dimensions of the Deliberations
Topic: Against "requirements"
Replies: 22
Views: 54099

Re: Against "requirements"

I'd like to add my agreement here. The costs are both large and disproportionately distributed, and the incentives align to seriously discourage qualitative research. What began as a very sensible suggestion that qualitative researchers consider how best to make their methods more transparent to inc...
by SheenaGreitens
Fri Apr 15, 2016 10:36 pm
Forum: Substantive Dimensions of the Deliberations
Topic: Data access--human subjects protections
Replies: 11
Views: 30369

Re: Data access--human subjects protections

I'd like to echo the concerns raised above. Having read the DA-RT guidelines carefully, I do not believe they adequately address the requirements for protection of human subjects and others that we might encounter in the course of research. There are a couple of key points I'd like to add to what's ...