{"id":509,"date":"2016-07-19T00:29:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2016-08-11T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T09:24:07","slug":"ethical-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/about-the-research\/ethical-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every research to be conducted at this Australian university which includes students or staff members must be granted <strong>ethical approval<\/strong> by the university&#8217;s Human Research Ethics Committee. Due to the fact that my research project involved Indigenous people as a vulnerable minority, it was rated as high-risk. In order to receive ethical approval and the permission to conduct my research within a reasonable time, I had to adhere to <strong>strict standards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First of all people and places mentioned on this blog are completely <strong>anonymised<\/strong>. Furthermore, all participants were approached in a <strong>non-compulsive<\/strong> way. Before seeking ethical approval, I talked to the lecturers and tutors to who I had a good relationship and discussed with them if and <strong>under which conditions<\/strong> they would be willing to participate in my project. My ideas were met with positive feedback by all them. After I had received ethical approval, they were provided with an <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/files\/2016\/04\/Participant-Information-Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">information sheet <\/a>outlining the research and a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/files\/2016\/04\/Consent-Form-lecturer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">consent form <\/a>to be signed. The tutors then circulated the information among the students. In this way, students who were interested in participating were asked to contact me.<\/p>\n<p>For more details concerning the methods used for data collection, please\u00a0click <u><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/data\/\">here<\/a>. To read about additional ethical precautions for the Thick Descriptions, please\u00a0click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/data\/thick-descriptions\/ethical-precautions-for-thick-descriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out how the ethical requirements influenced my research and its findings, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/reflection\/reflection-on-the-ethical-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The Participants<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFor an anonymous\u00a0presentation of the participants, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/aboriginalstudiesclasses\/about-the-research\/the-participants\/\">read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every research to be conducted at this Australian university which includes students or staff members must be granted ethical approval by the university&#8217;s Human Research Ethics Committee. 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