Its very rare I write to
only one module group, as you know. But Module Two people we need to have
another look at your ethics forms. Paula and I will be trying to talk to you by
Friday June 12th (Paula to her advisees, and me to mine). Then we may need to
talk to you again on Sunday 14th June so have your phones charged that day!
Meanwhile have a look at
your ethics forms and think about what they mean in terms of ethics as we have
discussed it - in terms of how you might
be experienced by those around you, how your inquiry might be experienced by
those around you. It seems ironic to say it’s not just a tick-box activity
when the form is actually a tick-box form!!!! but …You need to make sure the
form clearly explains what you will be doing and why it is necessary to involve
the people you want to involve. As well as how your inquiry might impact on
them and their identity and relationship with you. - (Think about: it if you
have a teacher/student relationship their identity is ‘student’ that is how they see themselves when with you so however
much you feel the inquiry is different from your usual relationship they are 'student' with you and asking someone not
to see themselves in that way is asking them to make the effort of changing
their identity just so you can do your inquiry).
Here is a link to a great
Ted video to get you thinking also - as Dave Isay suggests when we are doing
what we are doing we may also be impacting on others in an important way that
is much bigger than we could have dreamt of
Below the video should be
embedded but here is the address if it doesn’t work below!!
http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear