Prideaux, MJ (2016) Ethics and Undergraduate Research in the Study of Religion: Place-Based Pedagogy and Reciprocal Research Relations. Teaching Theology and Religion, 19 (4). pp. 324-339. ISSN 1368-4868
Abstract
In the undergraduate religious studies classroom at the University of Leeds students are introduced to the complexity of religion in locality. One of the most engaging ways to do this is through a place-based pedagogy utilising independent fieldwork as part of the learning process. However undergraduates, like seasoned researchers, must learn to balance and understand the way insider representations influence academic interpretations, and the way their academic interpretations and representations can lead to change in the community being studied. Place-based pedagogy has, therefore, an important ethical dimension that is not accounted for in the existing literature. Engaging with ‘reciprocal research relations’ as a way to navigate this terrain introduces students to the human impacts of their research and develops their self-awareness as researchers and ‘religion specialists’. This paper will draw on the Leeds experience to build an understanding of the interaction between place-based pedagogy and reciprocal research relations which informs both teaching and research in the study of religion, and extends the existing discourse on the ethical dimensions of undergraduate research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Teaching Theology and Religion on 10th October 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1111/teth.12346. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2016 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12346 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/teth.12346 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102503 |