Ethical and methodological issues in engaging young people living in poverty with participatory research methods

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-78

  Sime, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children in poverty; Ethical issues; Participatory research; Research in domestic spaces; Use of visual data; Young people's advisory groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749124593     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280701791926     Document Type: Article

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