Arts-based methods in community-based research raise specific ethical challenges around anonymity, ownership, representation and emotions, alongside practical limits of time, training and cost¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q2
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q2 i? Four ethical concerns were identified: protecting privacy and informed consent, ownership of participant-produced artworks, representation of vulnerable participants, and emotional risks for participants and researchers. → Sara Coemans 2017 q2 i? Practical limitations included time-consuming processes, need for facilitator training, and costs of equipment, expositions and artist collaboration. → Sara Coemans 2017 (2)

Evidence¶

Sara Coemans 2017¶

Sara Coemans, Karin Hannes. (2017). Researchers Under the Spell of the Arts: Two Decades of Using Arts-Based Methods in Community-Based Inquiry with Vulnerable Populations. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2017.08.003

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Narrative synthesis of limitations. The review cites Moletsane and colleagues (2009) on the risk that publicly acknowledging authorship exposes participants to sanctions, and notes researchers hold power to decide how people are interpreted, risking further stigmatization.

"Using arts-based methods poses new ethical challenges in conducting research. Some of these ethical concerns were identified in this review: i.e. anonymity, ownership, representation and emotions."

Sara Coemans 2017 (2)¶

Sara Coemans, Karin Hannes. (2017). Researchers Under the Spell of the Arts: Two Decades of Using Arts-Based Methods in Community-Based Inquiry with Vulnerable Populations. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2017.08.003

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The review reports a lack of time as a limitation of many studies, that more training was needed to prepare facilitators or participants, and practical costs including equipment such as digital cameras, projectors, color printers and laptops, plus costs of expositions and artist collaboration.

"Using ABR methods may demand long term processes and an increased amount of time, training and resources."

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