Hi Candice
Re recording audio in public places - as it happens there was a whole
programme on BBC Radio 4 today about artworks and literature based up
'recording' and working with, in various ways, snatches of conversation in
public places
Not sure if you can access it but it is at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0145x7y
A few journalists make a whole career out of this type of thing e.g.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/series/michaelholdensallears
The ethical question does not seem to crop up at all
The Audio Obscura project in Manchester is certainly very interesting!!!
http://mif.co.uk/event/lavinia-greenlaw-audio-obscura/
If we all artists things might be a lot simpler
Cheers
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Candice Pamela Boyd
Sent: 06 September 2011 12:53
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Subject: Re: photographs in public places in UK
Thanks for raising the issue of privacy, ethics and audio Michael. This is
an issue for Australian researchers as much as British ones. I recently
undertook some audio recording with a colleague in a public place in
Melbourne. We debated the ethics of this at the time. I'd be interested to
know what others think about the extent to which an audible voice in a
soundscape, recorded without permission, contravenes principles of ethical
research.
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[[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Michael Gallagher
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Sent: 06 September 2011 20:54
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Subject: Re: photographs in public places in UK
In response to David's comments, I think it might be helpful to
distinguish between legality and ethics. The two are by no means
equivalent. When it comes to research practice, the most commonly
invoked principles - consent, anonymity etc - are principles of research
ethics, not laws. Legally, in the UK, as long as you respect data
protection law with the data you gather, you can 'do what you like' with
interviews, ethnography etc much as you can with photography.
Journalists, for example, routinely use interviews in ways that are
legal but would be seen as ethically dubious by many social researchers.
I understood the original question to be specifically about what is
legal in the UK. The ethics of photography seems like a different, much
more open ended, debate to get into.
While we're on the subject, does anyone know the legal position on audio
recording in public in th UK?
Michael Gallagher
On 06/09/2011 00:00, CRIT-GEOG-FORUM automatic digest system wrote:
> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:14:01 +0100
> From: David Crouch<[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: photographs in public places in UK
>
> Hi
>
> in view of the manic ethical procedures for research practie in every
other field [largely a v good thing] it is astounding that you can grab a
camers and do what you like.
>
> interesting, worrying, worth a good debate- at least I`d hope
professional-crit geographers would exercise good ethics
> David
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