%0 Journal Article
%T Care and concern in the research process: meeting ethical and epistemological challenges through multiple engagements and dialogue with research subjects
%A Erika S£¿rensson
%A Hildur Kalman
%J Qualitative Research
%@ 1741-3109
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1468794117743466
%X By addressing a case of data collection strategies applied in research on Thai migration to the Swedish wild-berry industry, this article argues for how a feminist approach based on care and concern for research subjects both safeguards ethical concerns and promotes good knowing. The data collection procedures were designed in a step-by-step manner, including the research subjects as much as possible at different times and in different ways in an attempt to create preconditions for a more inclusive production of knowledge. In-depth interviews, participant observation, photo documentation and group interviews were used, which facilitated the possibility to understand the content and meanings of wild-berry picking from the workers¡¯ points of view. Through prolonged contact, including repeated encounters and dialogue with research subjects, in-depth knowledge was produced concerning Thai migrations to Sweden, as migration was set in relation to the migrants¡¯ life courses and living conditions
%K Cross-cultural cross-language research
%K epistemic and ethical responsibility
%K feminist epistemology
%K participatory methods
%K researcher position
%K research process
%K standpoint theory
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1468794117743466