Badacz zjawisk trudno dostępnych w terenie – kwestie etyczne, praktyczne i metodologiczne
Researcher of Sensitive Phenomena During Fieldwork Ethical, Practical and Methodological Issues

Summary/Abstract: This article is a reflection of the ethical, practical and methodological issues which I experienced whilst conducting my own field research in 2013 and 2014 in four small towns in the lodzkie voivodeship. Although the choice of research method, the case study, made it possible for me to apply various research techniques and to gather rich material, it also left a wide area of flexibility for me to use my intuition rather than methodological knowledge or ethical consciousness. An additional factor that raised many doubts was the fact that the phenomena under investigation were sensitive and controversial (unclear links between political, business and journalistic circles in a local context, conflict of interest, etc.). This influenced my decision to keep the towns’ names confidential in order to protect informants’ confidentiality. This and other problematic situations and decisions are more widely described in this article.

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