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Dear all, Thank you for contributing to this thread. One of the main issues, indeed, is that once you anonymise a case study, it becomes impossible to write about the local ecology and how that plays a role in the particular study topic. The question is whether that is desirable. Greetings, Mattias De Backer Free University of Brussels, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department Of Criminology Research Group Crime and Society (CRiS), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Room 4B334 Tel. 0032 485 940 885 E-mail [log in to unmask] www.kuleuven.academia.edu/mattiasdebacker @mattiasdebacker [log in to unmask] On 4 Dec 2017, at 12:37, simone tulumello <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi Mattias, (and thanks to Theo for sharing the Area article on ethics =/= law, pretty much on point and useful!), I've recently reviewed an article whose authors had decided to anonymise their case studies. I had a number of doubts on their understanding of what was "constant" and what was "variable", and wanted to check it better, but I couldn't, exactly because of the anonymisation. In that particular case, I really didn't feel there was any significant reason to anonymise entire places. My contribution to the debate would be: consider than when anonymising places you're reducing the possibility for your readership to understand your work and the possibility for further studies to build up on your work - of course, it may be the case that in some instances this is absolutely necessary. Best wishes, S. 2017-12-04 11:21 GMT+00:00 Anton Nikolotov <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>: also Fictions of Feminist Ethnography by Kamala Visweswaran comes to mind as a theoretical and practical engagement with fiction 2017-12-04 12:17 GMT+01:00 Theo <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>: Dear Mattias, This is fairly commonplace in criminology. See for instance, Hall et al's study of "Carville" in their (2008) book Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture. I also recommend this recent publication by Thomas Dekeyser and Bradley L Garrett onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/area.12411/pdf <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/area.12411/pdf> Best wishes, On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Mattias De Backer <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear critters, I am currently working on an action research project on a very sensitive topic with vulnerable young people. Our gatekeepers feel that the topic is so sensitive and potentially stigmatising for the entire local community, that it would be best to not only anonymize the participants but also the entire case study. This would result in a sort of mixture of fact and fiction, where references to the social and geographical case study are replaced by fictional data. Has anyone encountered such an ethical predicament and if so how have you managed to creatively sort it out? Can anyone suggest useful publications about ethical dilemma's of this nature? Thanks in advance! Mattias De Backer Postdoctoral Researcher Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC), KULeuven Order and Conflict in Public Space (Routledge): https://www.routledge.com/Order-and-Conflict-in-Public-Space/De-Backer-Melgaco-Varna-Menichelli/p/book/9781138931183 <https://www.routledge.com/Order-and-Conflict-in-Public-Space/De-Backer-Melgaco-Varna-Menichelli/p/book/9781138931183> -- Theo Web: www.theokindynis.com <http://www.theokindynis.com/> PGP: www.theokindynis.com/PGP <http://theokindynis.com/PGP> Google doesn't care <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/14/google-gmail-users-privacy-email-lawsuit> about privacy. If you do, please consider using PGP encryption <https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-pgp-mac-os-x>, or a service such as Telegram <https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/telegram-messenger/id686449807?mt=8> or Signal <https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669?mt=8>. -- Simone Tulumello Post-doc research fellow, ULisboa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais latest publications: Tulumello S (2017) Fear, Space and Urban Planning. Springer (link <http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319439365>) / Tulumello S (2017) The multi-scalar nature of urban security and public safety. Urban Affairs Review (link <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1078087417699532>) / Tulumello S Healey P (2016) Questioning planning, connecting places and times. plaNext special issue (link <http://journals.aesop-planning.eu/volume-3/>) / Tulumello S. (2016) Multi-level Territorial Governance and Cohesion Policy. EJSD (link <http://www.nordregio.se/Global/EJSD/Refereed%20articles/Refereed62.pdf>) webpage <http://www.ics.ulisboa.pt/pessoas/simone.tulumello> / blog <http://simonetulumello.wordpress.com/> / academia.edu <http://unipa.academia.edu/SimoneTulumello> / flickr <http://www.flickr.com/photos/simotulu/> / twitter <http://twitter.com/SimTulum>