“I’m an Anthropologist, Damn It!”: Reflections on the Challenges to the Ethical Authenticity of My Research

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Meibusch, Suzanne. 2022. "“I’m an Anthropologist, Damn It!”: Reflections on the Challenges to the Ethical Authenticity of My Research ." Mulligan, Deborah L., Ryan, Naomi and Danaher, Patrick Alan (ed.) Deconstructing Doctoral Discourses: Stories and strategies for success. Switzerland . Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 33-49
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“I’m an Anthropologist, Damn It!”: Reflections on the Challenges to the Ethical Authenticity of My Research

Book Chapter CategoryEdited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID2865
Book TitleDeconstructing Doctoral Discourses: Stories and strategies for success
AuthorsMeibusch, Suzanne
EditorsMulligan, Deborah L., Ryan, Naomi and Danaher, Patrick Alan
Page Range33-49
Chapter Number3
Number of Pages17
Year2022
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
ISBN9783031110153
9783031110184
9783031110160
ISSN2662-7345
2662-7353
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11016-0_3
Web Address (URL)https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-11016-0_3
Abstract

For every doctoral student, living within the liminal space of approval from the human ethics committee before one can commence the next stage of the research process can be an uneasy time. For me, this time was not a straightforward one. My human ethics application was not approved initially, not only on the grounds of technical issues but also with some confronting words that questioned the merit of my research topic. What I am studying is life from the perspective of fat women. This perspective did not align with a narrow, bio-medical perspective of obesity that some members of the ethics committee clearly supported. Within this chapter, I journal the vulnerabilities of my passage and how I became enabled to move forwards with my research.

Keywordsdoctoral discourses; doctoral identity development; doctoral study; thesis writing; success strategies
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020399999. Other education not elsewhere classified
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