Dear Tobie
There are some interesting texts on "covert" research (participant
observation etc), establishing access and rapport, and personal safety
and ethical issues in a book that I've been finding quite useful:
Miller, J M & Tewskbury, R (eds.) (2001) Extreme Methods: Innovative
Approaches in Social Science Research. Boston/ London: Allyn and
Bacon.
Have fun,
Regina
2010/4/13 Björn Franke <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi Tobie
>
> In 1979 Peter Weibel gave a live presentation on the Austria television
> channel ORF called "Zeitblut / Time Blood" in which he let blood out of his
> arm while talking.
>
> http://www.mediaartnet.org/works/zeitblut/
>
> You can see the ethical / moral issues that arise from this work in the
> response / faces of the audience in the television broadcast.
>
> Best wishes
> Björn
>
>
> hi,
>
> In my thesis I'm writing about speculative forms of design. I don't mean
> unpaid client pitches, rather a form of product design where hypothetical
> design is exhibited and disseminated in other public settings.
>
> In the previous 2 years I've been helping lead a brief with postgraduate
> design students with a focus on speculative design as a form of public
> engagement with science and technology, and we have had some interesting
> situations:
>
> - A student filmed themself letting blood from their arm into an instrument,
> and then brought the instrument into the crit, with the needle still
> attached.
> - A scientist was filmed, then the interview was used without consent,
> causing some problems.
> - Students have worked with patients and patient groups, and then represent
> individuals or groups in their work in unexpected ways.
>
> Additionally students frequently blur fictional accounts with claims of
> truth. Individuals are consulted initially, then the work takes a turn, and
> there is little or no attribution or care to separate subsequent material
> from the initial research. Scientific research, or policy documents, or
> market research, or literary fiction are used as sources, with no
> attribution.
>
> I am undoubtedly guilty of most of these things at some stage (though not
> the blood-letting). I also feel that we should be encouraging students of
> this form of design to work independently, and to encourage them to take
> risks. I would hate to crush these problematic approaches with some form of
> design bureaucracy.
>
> But there surely is some place here for a form of ethics for designers, as
> they increasingly move into the territories of other disciplines with
> different expectations, and simultaneously become more sophisticated at
> promoting and circulating their work to broader audiences.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on these issues? Have you any references for
> accounts of similar situations?
>
> best wishes,
> Tobie Kerridge
>
>
> Tobie Kerridge
> PhD candidate
> Interaction Research Studio
> Department of Design
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> New Cross
> London SE14 6NW
>
> T: +44 (0)20 7078 5183
> F: +44 (0)20 7919 7783
>
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