
Research versus Ethics? Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities
03/28/24 • 35 min
Animal testing or the use of artificial intelligence – most people know about and have an opinion on the ethics of these two academic practices from medicine and computer science. But what happens when human societies and culture become the object of research? Human interview partners, experts or eyewitnesses, writers or activists are essential to data collection in the social sciences and humanities. In every phase of a research project, researchers need to think about how they can reconcile their need to generate and publish knowledge with their participants’ (and their own) need for safety. This is especially important when researchers are dealing with vulnerable groups, operating in authoritarian regimes or facing conflicts and war. In this episode, two researchers with years of experience in Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus share their views on research ethics in the social sciences.
(Music: “Complete” by Modul is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.)
Speakers:
Nina Frieß (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/dr-nina-friess Lela Rekhviashvili (Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, IfL): https://leibniz-ifl.de/en/institute-1/people/rekhviashvili-lela Moderation: Hannah Guhlmann (ZOiS)
Animal testing or the use of artificial intelligence – most people know about and have an opinion on the ethics of these two academic practices from medicine and computer science. But what happens when human societies and culture become the object of research? Human interview partners, experts or eyewitnesses, writers or activists are essential to data collection in the social sciences and humanities. In every phase of a research project, researchers need to think about how they can reconcile their need to generate and publish knowledge with their participants’ (and their own) need for safety. This is especially important when researchers are dealing with vulnerable groups, operating in authoritarian regimes or facing conflicts and war. In this episode, two researchers with years of experience in Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus share their views on research ethics in the social sciences.
(Music: “Complete” by Modul is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.)
Speakers:
Nina Frieß (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/dr-nina-friess Lela Rekhviashvili (Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, IfL): https://leibniz-ifl.de/en/institute-1/people/rekhviashvili-lela Moderation: Hannah Guhlmann (ZOiS)
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Speakers:
Clare Lockhart (Institute for State Effectiveness): https://effectivestates.org/who-we-are/staff/clare-lockhart/
Inna Pidluska (International Renaissance Foundation): https://www.irf.ua/en/
Julia Langbein (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/dr-julia-langbein
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Jenseits von Bullerbü: Kinderliteratur in Polen und Russland
Mit Marina Balina, Karoline Thaidigsmann und Nina Frieß
Schon seit 1967 wird am 2. April der Internationale Kinderbuchtag gefeiert. Zum Geburtstag des dänischen Autors und großen Märchenerzählers Hans-Christian Andersen finden weltweit Lesungen, Ausstellungen und Mitmachaktionen für Kinder und Jugendliche statt. Doch nicht in allen Ländern hat die Kinderliteratur Grund zum Feiern. Weltweit haben auch Autorinnen, Verlegerinnen und nicht zuletzt Leserinnen von Kinderliteratur mit Verboten, Zensur oder Anfeindungen zu kämpfen. Zum internationalen Kinderbuchtag hat Nina Frieß mit Marina Balina und Karoline Thaidigsmann über diese Hindernisse gesprochen. In den Blick nehmen sie zwei sehr unterschiedliche Länder, nämlich Russland und Polen.
(Music: “Complete” by Modul is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.)
Mit:
Marina Balina (emeritierte Isaac-Funk-Professorin und Professorin für Russian Studies an der Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois): https://scholars.iwu.edu/en/persons/marina-balina
Karoline Thaidigsmann (Universität Heidelberg): https://www.slav.uni-heidelberg.de/personal/kthaidigsmann.html
Moderation: Nina Frieß (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/ueber-uns/mitarbeiterinnen/dr-nina-friess
Kinderbücher:
Olga Kolpakowa: „Der Wermutstannenbaum“ erschien 2017 in Russland, im Verlag KompasGid, zunächst auf Russisch, 2018 und 2021 in zwei Auflagen übersetzt auf Deutsch von Elsa Obholz im Verlag der Moskauer Deutschen Zeitung. Die Zeichnungen stammen von dem ukrainischen Kunstgrafiker Sergej Uchatsch (Jena): https://mdz-moskau.eu/ein-kinderbuch-ueber-die-deportation-der-russlanddeutschen-fiel-in-ungnade/
Palacio, R.J. White Bird. A Wonder Story. Written and illustrated by R.J. Palacio. Inked by Kevin Czap. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/580086/white-bird-a-wonder-story-a-graphic-novel-by-r-j-palacio/9780593487785
Maria Pawłowska / Jakub Szamałek: Kim jest ślimak Sam? Warschau: Krytyka Polityczna, 2015 (Illustrationen: Katarzyna Bogucka): https://wydawnictwo.krytykapolityczna.pl/kim-jest-slimak-sam-maria-pawlowska-jakub-szamalek-50 Der Titel befindet sich auf der „Schatzliste“ des Warschauer Museums für Kinderliteratur. Deutsch: Wer ist die Schnecke Sam, Doppelgängerverlag 2017: https://www.doppelganger-verlag.at/startseite/kinderb%C3%BCcher-1/wer-ist-die-schnecke-sam/
Natalia Osińska: Fanfik [dt.: Fanfiction], Warschau: Krytyka Polityczna, 2016: https://wydawnictwo.krytykapolityczna.pl/fanfik-natalia-osinska-739
Fortsetzung: Natalia Osińska: Slash, Warschau: Verlag Agora, 2017: https://wydawnictwoagora.pl/slash/
Joanna Kulmowa: Wio, Leokadio, Warschau: Verlag Nasza księgarnia, 1964 (Illustrationen: Elżbieta Murawska-Krotkiewska). Deutsch: Hüo, Leokadia, übersetzt von Oskar Jan Tauschinski, Wien: Verlag Jungbrunnen, 1967.
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