“…In none of the papers considered did the participants share decision-making power over the research topics/research design, and neither were they involved in data analysis/interpretation. Of the five outstanding papers selected by the panel, only one featured ethnographic fieldwork, which was applied to analyse the ‘death narratives’ of Hong Kong film personnel ( Martin, 2015 ). Even without information on the selection criteria, the underrepresentation of innovative methodologies or democratic research practices is obvious.…”