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rooted in feminist and relational ethics
challenging traditional ‘masculine’ methods without comprising the rigor
context-specific and non-universal
care is not neutral, intersectional identities and inequalities
focus on situated knowledge, interdependence and vulnerability
witnessing injustice as a responsibility, engaging from a position of power
disowning the power and allowing for genuine relational care
who carries the burden
not soft or sentimental, but responsive and reflexive
care is embedded in histories of harm
dominant power forces don’t disappear when we enter the field
grounded in context, care in one situation may not be care in another
accountable to people and systems you work within - a responsibility to the communities
what are we failing to question
move towards inconvenience
care begins by recognising how power and ethics questions are embedded in systems and infrastructures
be willing to change if it starts to cause harm
responsibility and transformation
is the research effective if nothing changes?
are participants’ voices mediated, abstracted or aestheticized
are they framing the research too, what is the long-term implication
care as recognition, reciprocity and responsibility
if you hold information on someone’s life you’re now in continuous relationship with them, they’re a part of you moving forward and them you
reflect on how we are trained to claim knowledge
the divide between the one who knows and about whom is known
who gets to set the terms of what is reliable, vigorous, academic data
what does research look like through more relational and plural approaches
even with no direct participants you are still accountable to the people you’re thinking about/talking about/excluding