Traversing the Dark Geography of Retirement: Learnings from Ethical and Reciprocal Research Conducted with the Older Male in Australia

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Mulligan, Deborah L.. 2020. "Traversing the Dark Geography of Retirement: Learnings from Ethical and Reciprocal Research Conducted with the Older Male in Australia." Mulligan, Deborah L. and Danaher, Patrick Alan (ed.) Researching Within the Educational Margins: Strategies for Communicating and Articulating Voices. Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 283-298
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Traversing the Dark Geography of Retirement: Learnings from Ethical and Reciprocal Research Conducted with the Older Male in Australia

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ERA Publisher ID2865
Book TitleResearching Within the Educational Margins: Strategies for Communicating and Articulating Voices
AuthorsMulligan, Deborah L.
EditorsMulligan, Deborah L. and Danaher, Patrick Alan
Page Range283-298
Chapter Number17
Number of Pages16
Year2020
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
ISBN9783030488444
9783030488451
ISSN26627345
26627353
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48845-1_17
Web Address (URL)https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-48845-1_17
Abstract

Every day in 2016, more than two Australian men aged over 50 took their lives, and more than one Australian man aged over 60 took his life. Contemporary ageing studies have focused predominantly on the needs of women, and younger and middle-aged men. Scant research has been conducted into ageing and the specific needs of marginalised older men. This chapter draws on information gleaned when researching for my PhD thesis. Relational links between the concepts of gender bias, research processes and older men are discussed. Some solutions to the ethical challenges of an older woman investigating retired older men in all-male environments such as Men’s Sheds and The Older Men’s Network (TOMNET) are presented. These solutions revolve around the notions of researcher reciprocity and situated ethics.

KeywordsEthics; Men’s Sheds; Older men; Research Design; The Older Men’s Network (TOMNET)
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