Issues of Access and Identity: Adapting Research Methods with Kampala Street Children.

Young, Lorraine; Barrett, Hazel

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ERIC Number: EJ635724

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Publication Date: 2001

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Issues of Access and Identity: Adapting Research Methods with Kampala Street Children.

Young, Lorraine; Barrett, Hazel

Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, v8 n3 p383-95 Aug 2001

Explores methodological issues associated with gaining access to street children and reducing the influence of the researcher's 'outsider' identity, when undertaking sociospatial research. Illustrates how meaningful results can be gleaned without the inhibitory effects of limited access and outsider influence. (Author)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Data Collection, Ethics, Experimenter Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Researcher Subject Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Uganda

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