I have been supervising a research project where several cultural brokers/intermediaries (with a personal background in migration) were hired as interviewers for a study on needs among recently arrived migrants. They were mainly hired because of their language skills and own experience. This brings up very specific ethical and methodological issues. So I was wondering if anyone has worked on a similar project or can suggest further readings on this topic. Thanks in advance!
There is a lot from anthropology. Check this special issue
Journal Ethnography, September 2014; 15 (3) Special issue on Fieldwork(ers): Research Assistants, Researchers, and the Production of Ethnographic Knowledge
Edited by: Townsend Middleton and Jason Cons
http://eth.sagepub.com/content/15/3.toc
and this chapter for astart
Turner, Sarah. 2013. "The Silenced Research Assistant Speaks Her Mind" In Red Stamps and Gold Stars: Fieldwork Dilemmas in Upland Southeast Asia. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, pp. 220-238
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Kristine
http://eth.sagepub.com/content/15/3.toc
Here's another one:
Hanssen, I. & Alpers, L. (2010). Interpreters in Intercultural Health Care Settings: Health professionals’ and professional interpreters’ cultural knowledge, and their reciprocal perception and collaboration. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 23. http://www.immi.se/intercultural/nr23/hanssen.htm
check the next issues of the online journal affilia, as far as I know yet, there will be an interesting article on some aspects of your issue. good luck!
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