A critical self-reflexive account of a privileged researcher in a complicated setting: Kakuma refugee camp

Research Ethics 17 (4):435-447 (2021)
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As a white, Western-educated man, undertaking research in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, I encountered ethical dilemmas related to my privileged racial and gender status. These include power imbalance...

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Re-examining respect for human research participants.Neal W. Dickert - 2009 - Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 19 (4):pp. 311-338.

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