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Children as Research Collaborators: Issues and Reflections from a Mobility Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

Porter, G.; Hampshire, K.; Bourdillon, M.; Robson, E.; Munthali, A.; Abane, A.; Mashiri, M.

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Authors

M. Bourdillon

E. Robson

A. Munthali

A. Abane

M. Mashiri



Abstract

This paper reflects on issues raised by work with children in an ongoing child mobility study in three sub-Saharan African countries: Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. There are now 70 school pupils of varying ages involved in the project, but the paper is particularly concerned with the participation of those children 14 years and under. We examine the significant ethical issues associated with working with younger child researchers, and linked questions concerning the spaces open to them in African contexts where local cultural constructions of childhood and associated economic imperatives (which commonly drive family and household endeavour) help shape the attitudes of adults to children’s rights and responsibilities and inter-generational power relations.

Citation

Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Bourdillon, M., Robson, E., Munthali, A., Abane, A., & Mashiri, M. (2010). Children as Research Collaborators: Issues and Reflections from a Mobility Study in Sub-Saharan Africa. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(1-2), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9317-x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2010
Deposit Date Feb 23, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal American Journal of Community Psychology
Print ISSN 0091-0562
Electronic ISSN 1573-2770
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 46
Issue 1-2
Pages 215-227
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9317-x
Keywords Child researchers, Africa, Ethics, Mobility, Transport, Power relations.

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