Researching in Tabooed Phenomena: A Discussion of Method, Theory and Ethics

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss how to research into phenomena that no one wants to talk about: silenced and tabooed phenomena. With the outset in data culled in two research projects con- cerning student’s conceptualization of small group learning, the article discusses methodology, theory, and ethics in researching into silenced and tabooed phenomena of in educational settings. The article is theoretical inspired by the Israeli sociologist Evitar Zerubavel, the French philosopher Michel Foucault and the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben.
Translated title of the contributionAt forske i tabuiserede fænomener: En diskussion af metode, teori og etik
Original languageEnglish
Article number1066559
JournalPower and Education
Volume14, 2
Pages (from-to)193-203
ISSN1757-7438
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2022

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • Foucault, Agamben, Zerubavel, ethics, power, group

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