Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- About the author
- About the book
- 1 Performing qualitative cross-cultural research: an introduction
- 2 Moral and ethical perspectives
- 3 The research participants: accessing and reciprocity
- 4 Cultural sensitivity: a responsible researcher
- 5 Insider/Outsider perspectives and placing issues
- 6 Cross-cultural communication and language issues
- 7 Personal and collective testimony
- 8 Local knowledge, local power and collective action
- 9 Writing and disseminating in cross-cultural research
- In closing …
- References
- Index
About the book
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- About the author
- About the book
- 1 Performing qualitative cross-cultural research: an introduction
- 2 Moral and ethical perspectives
- 3 The research participants: accessing and reciprocity
- 4 Cultural sensitivity: a responsible researcher
- 5 Insider/Outsider perspectives and placing issues
- 6 Cross-cultural communication and language issues
- 7 Personal and collective testimony
- 8 Local knowledge, local power and collective action
- 9 Writing and disseminating in cross-cultural research
- In closing …
- References
- Index
Summary
This book comprises nine chapters. In the first chapter, I discuss the necessity of performing qualitative cross-cultural research. As in any good methodology textbook, I provide some theoretical standpoints that I believe sit neatly within the framework of cross-cultural research. Chapter 2 introduces crucial issues regarding ethical and moral perspectives in performing crosscultural research. Some general discussions on ethical and moral issues which have been debated in the literature, historical examples of research which have exploited many individuals and communities, and issues relating to ethical principles and informed consent are presented. This chapter also includes discussions on the risk and harm which may befall cross-cultural researchers themselves.
In Chapter 3, issues relevant to accessing potential research participants are raised. I point to some strategies which will assist researchers to gain access and to maintain relationships with their participants so that their research projects may run successfully. Chapter 4 discusses cultural sensitivity in cross-cultural research. I argue that cultural sensitivity is an important issue in conducting research with people from different cultures. This chapter provides some suggestions about how to become a responsible researcher when working with cultural groups.
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- Performing Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research , pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010