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Nora, RHUL is the abbreviation for Royal Holloway College, which is part of the University of London. Katie Willis is a Senior Lecturer there. I don't know her email address off the top of my head, but you should be able to find it from the university's website at http://www.rhul.ac.uk/ Regards, Alie. Natalie Hazel Beale Research Postgraduate Department of Geography University of Durham Science Laboratories Site South Road Durham DH1 3LE Tel. 0191 334 1932 (direct line) Email. [log in to unmask] Quoting nora rubinstein <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear Frances (and others), > > > > Could you provide more information on how to reach Katie Harris and what > RHUL is? I am working with a colleague, Herb Childress, on a book on > research ethics and would be most interested in this work. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Best, > > Nora > > > > Nora Rubinstein, Ph.D. > > Place / Space Associates > > PO Box 1103 > > Middletown Springs, VT 05757 > > 802-235-2093 > > Cell: 802-236-2824 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harris, Frances [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:21 AM > Subject: Re: (student) researchers...'just don't...' > > > > > > Dear Duncan, > > > > The Developing Areas Research Group wrote a book about doing field work in > developing areas, which probably came out 5-10 years ago. Try contacting > Katie Willis at RHUL to get a copy - she was one of the authors. It was a > useful book which talked about many things, but I do remember it talked > about trying to blend in, but recognising that you never quite fit in, and > was written partly in remembrance of a student who had died in South Africa > as a result of getting so involved that she was caught up in riots. Ok, I am > rambling here, but I think it might have some useful information / ideas for > you. > > > > Also, the Social Anthropologists have developed an ethical statement, which > might also help. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Dr. Frances Harris > > _____ > > From: Dicussion list on participatory geographies > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Duncan Fuller > Sent: 03 February 2006 11:35 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [PYGYWG] (student) researchers...'just don't...' > > > > Hello, and apologies for yet another request for info/ideas - I have some of > my own sometimes, honest. > > > > I'm currently writing something that is essentially a student/undergraduate > guide to 'how to ensure you don't do major damage when/if researching in > collaboration with, or undertaking activism with 'real people' (aka > 'civilians'!!) outside universities' - that's the polite version anyway. > I'm interested in the kind of advice student researchers are given, or that > you feel they ought to be given; are there any golden rules on how (again, > student) researchers should behave? How can damage be avoided? What works, > what doesn't? What do student researchers have difficulty with, and why? > What might be in it for them/why it might be a good idea to collaborate, or > undertake activism that might benefit someone other than themselves? Why > might it not be? You get the drift? Any real life suggestions/ideas > examples are most welcome, and will of course be acknowledged in the work > (if you want them to be!). Please forward at will - I'm particularly > interested in views from those undertaking such work (research students, > undergraduates...?). > > > > Cheers > > > > ---------------------------------- > > Dr Duncan Fuller > > Programme Leader, BA Geography > > Division of Geography > > Ellison Building D Block > > Northumbria University > > Newcastle upon Tyne > > NE1 8ST > > Direct Tel - 0191 2273753 > > Fax - 0191 2274715 > > Divisional Office - 0191 2273428 > > > > PEANuT (Participatory Evaluation and Appraisal in Newcastle upon Tyne) - > <http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/peanut> http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/peanut > > > > Mapping Tranquillity - > <http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/map_tra > nquil/?view=Standard> > http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/map_tran > quil/?view=Standard > > > > Exploring solutions to 'graffiti' in Newcastle upon Tyne - > <http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/graffit > i/> > http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/graffiti > / > > > > 'Local to me': Advancing Financial Inclusion in Newcastle upon Tyne - > <http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/local/? > view=Standard> > http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sas/sas_research/pa/consultres/local/?v > iew=Standard > > > > Participatory Geographies Working Group of the RGS/IBG (PyGyWG)- > <http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/pygywebsite/> > http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/pygywebsite/ > > > > Geo-publishing.org - <http://www.may.ie/nirsa/geo-pub/geo-pub.html> > http://www.may.ie/nirsa/geo-pub/geo-pub.html > > > > Radical Theory/Critical Praxis: Making a Difference Beyond the Academy? > > > <http://www.praxis-epress.org/availablebooks/radicaltheorycriticalpraxis.htm > l> > http://www.praxis-epress.org/availablebooks/radicaltheorycriticalpraxis.html > > > > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > > > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > > > > ==== > > This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. 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