A query...

[Miriam Meyerhoff]

Precisely. I'm glad you agree.

best, mm

At 16:44 -0500 24/10/06, Mark P. Line wrote:
>Miriam Meyerhoff wrote:
>>
>>  But I'm sorry, people, the recording of the woman telling me about her
>>  rape -- you can't have that.
>
>If the subject of rape is integral to your research, then it seems like
>you you would have addressed ethical issues relating to data dissemination
>before you chose your informants.
>
>If the subject of rape is not integral to your research, then it seems
>like you could do without that particular story in your dataset.
>
>
>-- Mark
>
>Mark P. Line
>Polymathix
>San Antonio, TX


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