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

Gerd Christensen

doi:10.1177/17577438211066559

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

Gerd Christensen

Department of Communication

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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 contribution	At forske i tabuiserede fænomener: En diskussion af metode, teori og etik
Original language	English
Article number	1066559
Journal	Power and Education
Volume	14, 2
Pages (from-to)	193-203
ISSN	1757-7438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/17577438211066559
Publication status	Published - 21 Mar 2022

Keywords

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

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