Critical Prison Research and University Research Ethics Boards

Homogenization of Inquiry and Policing of Carceral Knowledge

Autores/as

  • Gillian Balfour Trent University
  • Joane Martel Université Laval

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0931

Palabras clave:

Canadá, investigación crítica, indígenas, cárcel, ética de la investigación

Resumen



El artículo ilustra las prácticas regulatorias autoritarias que los comités de ética en investigación pueden adoptar, y cómo éstas allanan el camino a la homogeneización de las indagaciones y a la vigilancia sobre la producción de conocimiento. Se exhiben pruebas de dos estudios de caso en los cuales los miembros del comité se toparon con situaciones que no esperaban. La primera estaba relacionada con el sesgo típico de los comités sobre el potencial violento de antiguos reclusos, y la segunda, con una interpretación excesivamente prudente de directrices éticas federales, lo cual desembocó en la exclusión de personas indígenas del proyecto. Ambas situaciones señalan al posible rol de los comités de ética como vigilantes de la producción de conocimiento, algo que podría poner en peligro la capacidad de los investigadores para realizar una labor académica crítica.

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Biografía del autor/a

Gillian Balfour, Trent University

Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
Trent University
Peterborough, ON, CANADA

Joane Martel, Université Laval

Full Professor of Criminology
School of Social Work
Laval University
Québec City, QC, CANADA

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Balfour, G. y Martel, J. (2018) «Critical Prison Research and University Research Ethics Boards: Homogenization of Inquiry and Policing of Carceral Knowledge», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 8(2), pp. 225–246. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0931.