2026/01/19 by Umme Habiba Jasmine, Simangele Mayisela, Mzikazi Nduna · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Data Analysis and Archiving #Participatory Visual Research Methods #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
paper · doi:10.1177/16094069261420742
openalex publication_date 2026/01/19 · openalex created_date 2026/07/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11
This paper examined the ethical challenges of conducting qualitative research in a Bangladeshi context. It engages with debates on Indigenous Knowledge production and community access, emphasizing reflexivity and cultural sensitivity in research practice. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 mother–grandmother dyads in Dhaka. Key challenges included negotiating researcher–participant boundaries and ensuring privacy during individual interviews within multigenerational households. Commensality, the practice of sharing meals, emerged as central to participant engagement. Contradictions among ethical guidelines, cultural norms, and research practices were analyzed through cultural-historical activity theory and a decolonial lens, exposing epistemic justice concerns and limitations of Western frameworks. The paper argues for incorporating cultural traditions into methodology and developing regionally grounded ethical standards.