Learning from young people about their lives : using participatory methods to research the impacts of AIDS in southern Africa. / Ansell, Nicola; Robson, Elsbeth; Hajdu, Flora; van Blerk, Lorraine.
In: Children's Geographies, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2012, p. 169-186.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning from young people about their lives
T2 - using participatory methods to research the impacts of AIDS in southern Africa
A1 - Ansell,Nicola
A1 - Robson,Elsbeth
A1 - Hajdu,Flora
A1 - van Blerk,Lorraine
AU - Ansell,Nicola
AU - Robson,Elsbeth
AU - Hajdu,Flora
AU - van Blerk,Lorraine
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - <p>Methods of participatory research have become popular among children's geographers as they are believed to enable young people to speak openly about their lives in unthreatening contexts. In this article, we reflect on our experience of using participatory methods to explore the sensitive topic of (indirect) impacts of AIDS on young people's livelihoods in Malawi and Lesotho. We examine how different methodological approaches generate varying knowledges of children's lived realities; challenges of using 'insider' and 'outsider' research assistants; the place of group-based approaches in participatory research; and ethical issues. We suggest that researchers of young people's lives should take full account of the relationship between epistemology and methodology in selecting and employing methods appropriate to particular research questions.</p>
AB - <p>Methods of participatory research have become popular among children's geographers as they are believed to enable young people to speak openly about their lives in unthreatening contexts. In this article, we reflect on our experience of using participatory methods to explore the sensitive topic of (indirect) impacts of AIDS on young people's livelihoods in Malawi and Lesotho. We examine how different methodological approaches generate varying knowledges of children's lived realities; challenges of using 'insider' and 'outsider' research assistants; the place of group-based approaches in participatory research; and ethical issues. We suggest that researchers of young people's lives should take full account of the relationship between epistemology and methodology in selecting and employing methods appropriate to particular research questions.</p>
U2 - 10.1080/14733285.2012.667918
DO - 10.1080/14733285.2012.667918
M1 - Article
JO - Children's Geographies
JF - Children's Geographies
SN - 1473-3285
IS - 2
VL - 10
SP - 169
EP - 186
ER -