“Doing Good Work”: Feminist Dilemmas of Volunteering in the Field

Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel

“…One suitable method deliberately seeking to blur insiders and outsiders is deep hanging out [23], yielding improved research-related impact by researchers getting involved locally, shadowing day-to-day work, actively participating in activities and daily life, engaging in informal chats, making friends, and supporting locals in what they request, which could be picking up litter on beaches, cleaning factories, or providing services such as professional healthcare. However, volunteerism as a research method leads to its own ethical dilemmas [24].…”

Collaborative Engagement from within the Academy: A Self-Reflexive Narrative

“…I have found my efforts toward collaborative engagement 2 -efforts to move outside and between various circles-to be incredibly challenging and rewarding, often serving simultaneously as sources of pain and rich learning. It has also been comforting and disturbing to uncover that many others have had similar experiences (Goerisch, 2017;Post et al, 2016;Rushmer & Shucksmith, 2016;Tilley-Lubbs, 2009). Their narratives have been integral in helping me to better situate my own work and thereby to navigate the practical and ethical tensions and challenges inherent to collaborative engagement work with students, community, and staff.…”