Community Members as Fieldwork Guides in Disaster Settings: Ethics of Care Through a Relational Methodology of Empathy and Trust

Hakkim, Adeeba (2023) Community Members as Fieldwork Guides in Disaster Settings: Ethics of Care Through a Relational Methodology of Empathy and Trust. Qualitative Inquiry, 29 (6). pp. 737-750. ISSN 1077-8004

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Abstract

This reflexive account of fieldwork with disaster-affected communities in Kerala, India, recounts the researcher’s engagement with positionality and ethics. A participatory method was adopted—enlisting local field guides who mediated the researcher’s interactions with participants. Apart from offering pragmatic solutions for accessing participants, the method enhanced the researcher’s contextual/cultural insight, and facilitated a relationship of trust. The researcher-guide dynamic is explored as a co-constructing and relational method that minimizes harm and maximizes benefit for participants. Ethics of care is elucidated as a practicable ethical framework for thinking and doing disaster research, illustrated with reference to the present method.

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IITH Creators:

IITH Creators	ORCiD

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

disaster ethics; disaster fieldwork; ethics of care; participatory disaster research; positionality; reflexivity; relational methods; disaster-affected

Subjects:

Others > Earth sciences

Divisions:

Department of Liberal Arts

Depositing User:

Mr Nigam Prasad Bisoyi

Date Deposited:

10 Jan 2024 10:51

Last Modified:

10 Jan 2024 10:51

URI:

http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/11788