Ethical dilemmas and surges of emotions in contact with homeless people: An ethnography of non-profit organizations in Lyon
Cortambert, Lucie
Ethical dilemmas and surges of emotions in contact with homeless people: An ethnography of non-profit organizations in Lyon - 2022.
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Meeting vulnerable people raises ethical issues and exposes researchers to unexpected emotions. This article aims to narrate the personal and interpersonal difficulties I encountered during my ethnographic investigation of non-profit organizations helping the homeless. While I was confronted with shocking and striking situations that questioned my relationship with volunteers and homeless people, two elements are essential to consider when it comes to meeting vulnerable people: the relationship to them and the relationship to oneself. The purpose of this article is to question ethical assumptions and to investigate the adaptability of affect-oriented methodologies (Moriceau 2019; Gherardi 2018) for sensitive fields. Finally, I defend the idea that benevolence toward informants and oneself allows for the best conduct of research in relation to vulnerable people.
Ethical dilemmas and surges of emotions in contact with homeless people: An ethnography of non-profit organizations in Lyon - 2022.
62
Meeting vulnerable people raises ethical issues and exposes researchers to unexpected emotions. This article aims to narrate the personal and interpersonal difficulties I encountered during my ethnographic investigation of non-profit organizations helping the homeless. While I was confronted with shocking and striking situations that questioned my relationship with volunteers and homeless people, two elements are essential to consider when it comes to meeting vulnerable people: the relationship to them and the relationship to oneself. The purpose of this article is to question ethical assumptions and to investigate the adaptability of affect-oriented methodologies (Moriceau 2019; Gherardi 2018) for sensitive fields. Finally, I defend the idea that benevolence toward informants and oneself allows for the best conduct of research in relation to vulnerable people.
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