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Ethics in Violence and Abuse Research - a Positive Empowerment Approach (2014)
Journal Article
Downes, J., Kelly, L., & Westmarland, N. (2014). Ethics in Violence and Abuse Research - a Positive Empowerment Approach. Sociological Research Online, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.3140

Research governance, including research ethics committees and data protection legislation, is invested in protecting the individual rights of participants in social care and health research. Increasingly funders expect evidence of outcomes that engag... Read More about Ethics in Violence and Abuse Research - a Positive Empowerment Approach.

Researching DIY Cultures: Towards a Situated Ethical Practice for Activist-Academia (2013)
Journal Article
Downes, J., Breeze, M., & Griffin, N. (2013). Researching DIY Cultures: Towards a Situated Ethical Practice for Activist-Academia. Graduate journal of social science, 10(3), 100-124

The empirical study of DIY culture and feminist cultural activism is a flourishing interdisciplinary research area particularly in the USA, Canada, Australia and UK. This has enabled a growth in participant-researchers doing research on their own DIY... Read More about Researching DIY Cultures: Towards a Situated Ethical Practice for Activist-Academia.