Avoiding and mitigating ethical traps in technocentric fieldwork

Cosmin Munteanu; Roisin McNaney; Jenny Waycott

doi:10.1145/3290607.3298812

Avoiding and mitigating ethical traps in technocentric fieldwork

Cosmin Munteanu, Roisin McNaney, Jenny Waycott

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Abstract

We are witnessing an increase in fieldwork within the field of HCI, particularly involving marginalized or under-represented populations. This has posed ethical challenges for researchers during such field studies, with "ethical traps" not always identified during planning stages. This is often aggravated by the inconsistent policy guidelines, training, and application of ethical principles. We ground this in our collective experiences with ethically-difficult research, and frame it within common principles that are common across many disciplines and policy guidelines - representative of the instructors' diverse and international backgrounds.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI'19 Extended Abstracts
Subtitle of host publication	Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Anna Cox, Vassillis Kostakos
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359719
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3298812
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019 - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019 Conference number: 37th https://chi2019.acm.org (Website) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3290605 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019
Abbreviated title	CHI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19
Internet address	https://chi2019.acm.org (Website) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3290605 (Proceedings)

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Ethics

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Munteanu, C, McNaney, R & Waycott, J 2019, Avoiding and mitigating ethical traps in technocentric fieldwork. in A Cox & V Kostakos (eds), CHI'19 Extended Abstracts : Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 3298812, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3298812

Avoiding and mitigating ethical traps in technocentric fieldwork. / Munteanu, Cosmin; McNaney, Roisin; Waycott, Jenny.
CHI'19 Extended Abstracts : Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Anna Cox; Vassillis Kostakos. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019. 3298812.

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