Actor-centered North-South research on sustainable agriculture in times of pandemics – challenges and options
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This contribution provides methodological and research ethical insights into a digital study which originally had been planned as a 'classic' field stay in Tanzania. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, content, organization, and methodological approach had to be shifted according to opportunities and limitations that digital tools provide.
I will provide a systematized description of research ethics responsibilities by presenting my own case study as part of my PhD research. The research process of shifting an ethnographic fieldwork approach is reflected on three levels (the case study level, the research ethics level, and the research policy level) and demonstrates which research ethical questions challenge this shift and the resulting digital research.
Additionally, some general guidelines are suggested to inspire researchers who are grappling with the question of whether online research or a field stay is a more appropriate approach to their research.
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- Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
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The manuscript has been deemed conform to Bloomsbury Publishing Plc publications standards.
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The arguments presented in the manuscript are self-consistent. .
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The accepted manuscript has high relevance for all researchers researchers who are grappling with the question of whether online research or a field stay is a more appropriate approach to their research. It will be published in the Handbook of Digital Research Ethics. .
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The accepted manuscript deals with the process of shifting a field stay to an online research which was a current and highly discussed issue during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also in the context of saving costs and protecting the environment this issue will be relevant in the future.
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The accepted manuscript is presented in such a way that it should be understood by the wider academic community.