Academic Negotiations

[nativeinformant]

I know, I haven't posted in a really long time, so I am bombarding you with the second of the day. Maybe that makes up for it a little bit:

Over at the UAE community, people are talking about American researcher Syed Ali's experience of being detained, having his research data confiscated, and then being immediately deported from Dubai in 2006. As a

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research ethics

[anonymous]

That's a really interesting topic that you've brought up. I've been having recently to negotiate my university ethics review board - how much of what you say you will do, do you actually do in the field? can you adequately prepare for any and every possibility you may face in the field? Even in that aspect, some self-censorship may be necessary - both to protect you as an independent researcher as well as your informants, especially if they are marginal members of society liable to be victimized even by the law.
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