Helen F. Wilson is a social and cultural geographer and an Associate Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. Her research focuses on the politics of lived difference. She has published widely on the geographies of encounter, urban life and living, and how embodied difference is negotiated, contested, and supported in times of crisis and/or contestation. She is the co-editor of Encountering the City (Routledge, 2016). Jonathan Darling is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. His research focuses on the ethics and politics of forced migration and considers how cities engage with questions of asylum and refuge. He has published widely on the politics of urban sanctuary, on refugee activism, and on the ethics of working with vulnerable groups. He is co-editor of Encountering the City (2014, Routledge), and Sanctuary Cities and Urban Struggles (Manchester University Press).
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Chapter 1: Introducing Ethics - Helen F. Wilson and Jonathan Darling Chapter 2: Geography and Ethics - Jonathan Darling and Helen F. Wilson Part 1: Core Ethical Issues Chapter 3: Positionality - Romola Sanyal Chapter 4: Consent - Chris Philo and Eric Laurier Chapter 5: Anonymity - Helen F. Wilson Chapter 6: Sensitive topics - Peter Hopkins Chapter 7: Power and Empowerment - Thomas Swerts Chapter 8: Emotions - Elspeth Probyn Chapter 9: Expectations - Jonathan Darling Chapter 10: Statistics and Data - Niall Cunningham Chapter 11: Data Management - Helen F. Wilson Chapter 12: Avoiding the Weaponization of Research - Sara Koopman Part 2: Approaches Chapter 13: Radical Geographies - Raksha Pande Chapter 14: Activist Geographies - Anthony Ince and Richard White Chapter 15: Participatory Research - Michele Lobo, David Kelly and Helen F. Wilson Chapter 16: Indigenous Methods - Renee Pualani Louis and Zoltan Grossman Part 3: Subjects Chapter 17: Vulnerable Subjects - Jonathan Darling Chapter 18: Animals - Kathryn Gillespie Chapter 19: Children and Young People - John Horton, Michelle Pyer, and Faith Tucker Chapter 20: Historical Geographies and Archived Subjects - Derek Alderman and Joshua Inwood Chapter 21: Powerful and Elite Subjects - Merje Kuus Chapter 22: The Environment - Jenny Pickerill Chapter 23: Public Spaces - Veronica Crossa Part 4: Spaces Chapter 24: Private and Domestic Spaces - Geraldine Pratt Chapter 25: Spaces of Development - Jonathan Rigg Chapter 26: Voluntary Spaces - Monica Farias and Helen F. Wilson Chapter 27: Virtual Spaces and Social Media - Sam Kinsley Chapter 28: Spaces of Disaster - Katie Oven, Hanna Ruszczyk, and Jonathan Rigg Part 5: Committment Chapter 29: Writing Research - Pat Noxolo
This is an important and timely book that will prove an essential resource for teaching about research ethics. It provides students with invaluable advice, information and reading as well as helpful examples of ethical practice in geographical research. -- Jo Little Finally we have a book that both expertly and accessibly outlines the myriad of ethical decisions that need to be worked through when embarking on research. This excellent text will be an invaluable resource for students undertaking research. -- Julian Bloomer This engaging textbook on preparing, and working through encountering challenging ethical consideration, processes and decisions to make (and live with) in human geography research will be of major interest to advanced under-graduate, masters and Doctoral students, as well as new academics. The chapters here are conceptual and systematic drawing on personal research experiences as well as case studies from the public literature, and come with recommendations for readers to consider and think through. -- Richard Kotter A comprehensive, clear, accessible and useful survey of ethical issues involved in human geography research. -- Yunpeng ZHANG This is an accessible and engaging text which provides a comprehensive guide to ethical considerations in human geography research. Through excellent contributions, conceptual discussion and practical research guidelines it forms an invaluable toolkit for undergraduate and postgraduate geographers. -- Will Andrews An easy to understand resource which is useful for postgraduate students and other people interested in research. -- Fleur Bowater This richly illustrated and incisive book brings together leading scholars to provide the most comprehensive and critical consideration of research ethics for human geography - and will now be the 'go to' text for students, teachers and researchers. -- Mark Riley