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Dear Dr. Pain, I am writing to you concerning the Participatory Ethics for Human Geography section of the RGS conference, to which I am keen to submit an abstract for consideration. However, since I am currently doing research in Ecuador, I haven't been able to get to a computer as often as I would like - hence I haven't emailed before now. If possible, I would like to send you my abstract tomorrow (Monday), before 5pm GMT, all being well. I'd be glad if you could let me know if this will be ok. With best wishes Conor Farrington Department of Geography University of Cambridge On Jan 10 2006, Rachel Pain wrote: >Final call for papers: >"Participatiory ethics for human geography" >RGS/IBG Annual Conference, London Aug 31 - Sept 2 2006 > >Convenors: Farhana Sultana and Rachel Pain > >One of the remits of the Participatory Geographies Working Group (RGS) >is to explore the possibility of a code of ethics for human geography >research. This is at a time when both conceptual debates about ethical >geography and institutional ethical clearance procedures are expanding >rapidly. The two often seem at odds. This session aims to discuss >current tensions and opportunities connected to research ethics, from >the standpoint of participatory geographies. We invite papers on the >subject of ethics from those who are engage in, or who are willing to >engage with, participatory research. > >Growing numbers of geographers are developing and deploying more >participatory ethics with research respondents/participants in different >ways. What do these participatory ethics look like? How are ethics >negotiated with respondents/participants? What power relations and >hierarchies need to be considered in doing research? Do respondents have >different ethical priorities to those we take for granted as 'good >practice', and what issues does this raise for research? What are the >ways in which participatory ethics can be operationalised in research >practice? What are the geographies of participatory ethics? Are they >sensitive to, and variable between, different research contexts? How >does doing fieldwork/research in developing country contexts differ from >developed country contexts? > >Discussions about ethical and moral practice are also taking place >elsewhere in human geography. How do these debates relate to >participatory ethics? At the same time, constraints on research are >tightening as a result of the demands of ethical clearance from >universities and the institutions that fund and control research. What >experiences are there of balancing what can be very different 'ethical' >demands? What are the prospects for a professional code of ethics for >geography - would it be enabling or further constraining? How might we >address the challenges for research which arise from such >codes/guidelines? > >Papers are welcome on a wide range of issues around ethics and >participation, and may be theory- or practice-based. We are keen to hear >from those who are engaged in participatory research, and also those in >other traditions who are willing to engage critically with participatory >principles, to ensure a full and critical debate. > >Please send your abstract to Farhana Sultana ([log in to unmask]) or >Rachel Pain ([log in to unmask]) by 24th January 2006. > > > >Dr Rachel Pain >Department of Geography >University of Durham >Science Site >Durham DH1 3LE >England > >+44 (0)191 3341876 >[log in to unmask] >http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/ > > -- Conor Farrington King's College Cambridge CB2 1ST