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Problems & Provocations Around Performance, P-A-R & The Phd, John Freeman
Problems & Provocations Around Performance, P-A-R & The Phd, John Freeman
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This contribution is deliberately intended as a provocation and questions the ways in which knowledge and understanding are articulated in the Performance-as-Research, as well as through the performance itself. The insidious P-a-R status, more like a mantra than a methodology, requires giving voice to some questions. Here the gaze openly addressed to the United Kingdom is here also influenced by two professional experiences at Australian universities; from residences conducted in the United States, Asia and continental Europe; from collaborations with academics in a dozen countries, as well as from participation in evaluation commissions for doctoral research in three different countries. …
Hrec Members' Personal Values Influence Decision Making In Contentious Cases, Boris Handal, Kevin Watson, Keagan Brewer, Marc Fellman, Marguerite Maher
Hrec Members' Personal Values Influence Decision Making In Contentious Cases, Boris Handal, Kevin Watson, Keagan Brewer, Marc Fellman, Marguerite Maher
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This article identifies 14 contentious issues faced by Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs). The authors argue that HREC members will respond variably to these issues based on their own fundamental values and worldview. In particular, we propose that personal interpretations of current ethics regulations and HREC members’ attitudes to consequentialism, Kantianism, and utilitarianism in some cases affect their responses to contentious research issues. We seek to promote understanding of how personal and professional backgrounds of HREC reviewers influence their approaches to value-laden issues embedded in ethics applications. Taking the form of a literature review, our contribution highlights the need for …