The aim of this video series is to provide researchers with tools to develop and implement bioethics research projects with inclusive design principles that include the diverse demographics and lived experiences of marginalised groups, and relevant and appropriate theories and concepts.
Each 20–30-minute video introduces a nuanced understanding of a method, framework, or concept and directs audiences to related resources. The videos are freely accessible and include expertise contributed by experienced researchers working with different marginalised communities across the globe.
These videos can help researchers looking to question canonical empirical research methods in bioethics and learn more context-appropriate methods that they could use in developing and implementing their own research projects in inclusive ways.
Video series editorial team: Kumeri Bandara, Matimba Swana, Harleen Kaur Johal, Faiq Habash
- The Need for Reflexivity – Supriya Subramani
In this video, Dr. Supriya Subramani discusses the concept of reflexivity. After introducing the concept, she explains the importance of reflexivity, underlining its role as a practice that is ethical, political, epistemological, and methodological.
About the speaker: Dr. Supriya Subramani is a social researcher focusing on moral emotions and ethics within health and illness, currently working as a lecturer in health ethics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses primarily on applied philosophy, the philosophy of medicine, and qualitative health research. She is driven by an interest in understanding personal stories, narratives, and lived experiences, and how these intersect with one’s moral self and identity, and how they influence health ethics and illness discourse.
You can find more of Dr. Subramani’s work at: www.supriyasubramani.com
- Language, Translation, and Cultural Competency — Mpoe Johannah Keikelame
In this video, Dr. Mpoe Johannah Keikelame discusses issues of language, translation, and cultural competency in decolonising research. She draws lessons from her qualitative research project that explored perspectives and subjective experiences of adults who have epilepsy and their carers in an urban township in Cape Town, South Africa.
About the speaker: Dr. Mpoe Johannah Keikelame is an independent qualitative research consultant with special interest in conversations that focusses on decolonising research methodologies. She received her PhD in Psychology from Stellenbosch University, in South Africa. Her published work highlights the importance of researchers to critically reflecting on fieldwork challenges on conducting research among the vulnerable and marginalized population groups. She shares some unexpected events in the field, which are of methodological importance in a decolonizing research process.
You can find more of Dr. Keikelame’s work at: linkedin.com/in/dr-mpoe-johannah-keikelame-8a536a144
Upcoming videos:
- Envisioning Indigenous Citational Practice – Hana Burgess
- Critical Process Matrix – Paola Buedo
- Nuancing Consent – Mehrunisha Suleman
- Using Theories and Frameworks: Gender and Sexual Variance, and Justice – Tiia Sudenkaarne