Q: field methods human subjects
Christopher Miller
christophermiller at MAC.COM
Wed Aug 20 17:39:44 UTC 2003
Many thanks for your interesting comments. Do you mind if I post
excerpts to SLLING-L and LINGUIST? I would like to post a summary
sometime in the next several days for the benefit of other researchers
and students.
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
> Of course, being a Norwegian I cannot answer for the rules of the USA.
> But during my research, I've had to get a special permission from the
> National Privacy authority, I've had to get written permissons
> beforehand
> from the human subjects, and I've had to destroy the original tapes.
> This
> was when I was connected to the University of Bergen.
>
> Now I am employed by a National Resource Center for Deaf Education. We
> do
> have a permisson from the aforementioned authority to make vidotapes,
> provided the subject or the warden of the subject (if it is a child)
> has
> given written consent. These tapes we are permitted to use for research
> under strict rules, and for courses also under strict rules, and with
> written agreement from the persons taking part in these courses that
> they
> will not reveal any personal or private information.
>
> As you say you will be using one person who uses a SL that is not ASL,
> that person could be shy of showing his or her SL utterances, and could
> naturally be afraid that someone might bring back to his or her own SL
> community what has been said - even it this someone has misunderstood
> or
> do not remember correctly. The satndings of the SLs of the world, and
> of
> the Deaf communities, is still so shaky that every precaution should be
> taken to avoid a 'blemish' on a deaf signer's reputation with his or
> her
> own community.
>
> Therefore, the students should be 'sworn to secrecy', that is, they
> should not use the material as 'this is how this particular SL is,
> because
> NN (name of subject) told us so'. They should learn that this is one
> way
> that this SL can be used, and is used by this one person, who is
> presently
> in an ASL environment and may be confused because of that.
>
> Best of luck with your course,
>
> Ingvild Roald,
> Bergen, Norway
>
> SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA writes:
>> This year I will be teaching a field methods course for second year
>> graduate students at Gallaudet University. Naturally, this course
>> involves working with a (paid) language consultant, in other words a
>> human subject. Over the year, students will obtain data from the
>> consultant and will prepare a descriptive paper at the end of the
>> course based on their data. Since this course deals with sign
>> languages
>> (i.e. a sign language other than ASL), data will be recorded by
>> videotaping the consultant's productions. Just last week, the question
>> came up of whether filming our consultant requires the course to
>> receive a blanket approval from our university's Institutional Review
>> Board. (Since the consultant will be videotaped, this means s/he would
>> be readily identifiable in the future.) Additionally, the university
>> requires that unless the videotapes are archived, they must be
>> destroyed after two years.
>>
>> I am scheduled to meet with the head of our IRB later this week, and
>> would like to get a feel for practice in other universities before I
>> talk with him. My position, supported elsewhere in the department, is
>> that given the nature of a field methods course, we would hope for
>> exemption from the normal approval needed prior to undertaking any
>> research with a human subject.
>>
>> I realise that most people on LINGUIST will only have dealt with human
>> subjects issues in spoken languages, where videotaping (and subject
>> identifiability) probably wouldn't pose the same kind of difficulties.
>> Nonetheless, I would be grateful for any input other people involved
>> in
>> field methods courses, involving either spoken or signed languages,
>> could give me. What has your experience been? Have you had to deal
>> with
>> any unexpected or unusual ethical issues? Has your institution
>> required
>> IRB approval for working with a human subject? Has the institution
>> required you to restrict in some way the subsequent use of data
>> obtained in the course? (E.g. destruction of original data, ban on
>> publication or dissemination of results, signed undertakings on the
>> part of course participants?)
>>
>> I look forward to your feedback,
>>
>> Chris Miller
>>
>> =:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
>> Christopher Miller
>>
>>
>>
>> Gallaudet web page:
>>
>> http://linguistics.gallaudet.edu/miller.html
>>
>> Work:
>>
>> Department of Linguistics
>> (Dawes House 203)
>> Gallaudet University
>> 800 Florida Avenue NE
>> Washington DC 20002
>> USA
>>
>> +1 202 651-5674
>> christopher.miller at gallaudet.edu
>>
>> Home:
>>
>> 4512 32nd Street
>> Mount Rainier MD 20712
>> USA
>>
>> +1 514 995-0185 (mobile)
>> christophermiller at mac.com
>> (miller.christopher at uqam.ca - expiring soon)
>> =:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
>>
=:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
Christopher Miller
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Gallaudet web page:
http://linguistics.gallaudet.edu/miller.html
Work:
Department of Linguistics
(Dawes House 203)
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington DC 20002
USA
+1 202 651-5674
christopher.miller at gallaudet.edu
Home:
4512 32nd Street
Mount Rainier MD 20712
USA
+1 514 995-0185 (mobile)
christophermiller at mac.com
(miller.christopher at uqam.ca - expiring soon)
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Many thanks for your interesting comments. Do you mind if I post
excerpts to SLLING-L and LINGUIST? I would like to post a summary
sometime in the next several days for the benefit of other researchers
and students.
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
> Of course, being a Norwegian I cannot answer for the rules of the USA.
> But during my research, I've had to get a special permission from the
> National Privacy authority, I've had to get written permissons
> beforehand
> from the human subjects, and I've had to destroy the original tapes.
> This
> was when I was connected to the University of Bergen.
>
> Now I am employed by a National Resource Center for Deaf Education. We
> do
> have a permisson from the aforementioned authority to make vidotapes,
> provided the subject or the warden of the subject (if it is a child)
> has
> given written consent. These tapes we are permitted to use for research
> under strict rules, and for courses also under strict rules, and with
> written agreement from the persons taking part in these courses that
> they
> will not reveal any personal or private information.
>
> As you say you will be using one person who uses a SL that is not ASL,
> that person could be shy of showing his or her SL utterances, and could
> naturally be afraid that someone might bring back to his or her own SL
> community what has been said - even it this someone has misunderstood
> or
> do not remember correctly. The satndings of the SLs of the world, and
> of
> the Deaf communities, is still so shaky that every precaution should be
> taken to avoid a 'blemish' on a deaf signer's reputation with his or
> her
> own community.
>
> Therefore, the students should be 'sworn to secrecy', that is, they
> should not use the material as 'this is how this particular SL is,
> because
> NN (name of subject) told us so'. They should learn that this is one
> way
> that this SL can be used, and is used by this one person, who is
> presently
> in an ASL environment and may be confused because of that.
>
> Best of luck with your course,
>
> Ingvild Roald,
> Bergen, Norway
>
> SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA writes:
>> This year I will be teaching a field methods course for second year
>> graduate students at Gallaudet University. Naturally, this course
>> involves working with a (paid) language consultant, in other words a
>> human subject. Over the year, students will obtain data from the
>> consultant and will prepare a descriptive paper at the end of the
>> course based on their data. Since this course deals with sign
>> languages
>> (i.e. a sign language other than ASL), data will be recorded by
>> videotaping the consultant's productions. Just last week, the question
>> came up of whether filming our consultant requires the course to
>> receive a blanket approval from our university's Institutional Review
>> Board. (Since the consultant will be videotaped, this means s/he would
>> be readily identifiable in the future.) Additionally, the university
>> requires that unless the videotapes are archived, they must be
>> destroyed after two years.
>>
>> I am scheduled to meet with the head of our IRB later this week, and
>> would like to get a feel for practice in other universities before I
>> talk with him. My position, supported elsewhere in the department, is
>> that given the nature of a field methods course, we would hope for
>> exemption from the normal approval needed prior to undertaking any
>> research with a human subject.
>>
>> I realise that most people on LINGUIST will only have dealt with human
>> subjects issues in spoken languages, where videotaping (and subject
>> identifiability) probably wouldn't pose the same kind of difficulties.
>> Nonetheless, I would be grateful for any input other people involved
>> in
>> field methods courses, involving either spoken or signed languages,
>> could give me. What has your experience been? Have you had to deal
>> with
>> any unexpected or unusual ethical issues? Has your institution
>> required
>> IRB approval for working with a human subject? Has the institution
>> required you to restrict in some way the subsequent use of data
>> obtained in the course? (E.g. destruction of original data, ban on
>> publication or dissemination of results, signed undertakings on the
>> part of course participants?)
>>
>> I look forward to your feedback,
>>
>> Chris Miller
>>
>> =:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
>> Christopher Miller
>>
>>
>>
>> Gallaudet web page:
>>
>> http://linguistics.gallaudet.edu/miller.html
>>
>> Work:
>>
>> Department of Linguistics
>> (Dawes House 203)
>> Gallaudet University
>> 800 Florida Avenue NE
>> Washington DC 20002
>> USA
>>
>> +1 202 651-5674
>> christopher.miller at gallaudet.edu
>>
>> Home:
>>
>> 4512 32nd Street
>> Mount Rainier MD 20712
>> USA
>>
>> +1 514 995-0185 (mobile)
>> christophermiller at mac.com
>> (miller.christopher at uqam.ca - expiring soon)
>> =:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
>>
=:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
Christopher Miller
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Many thanks for your interesting comments. Do you mind if I post
excerpts to SLLING-L and LINGUIST? I would like to post a summary
sometime in the next several days for the benefit of other researchers
and students.
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
> Of course, being a Norwegian I cannot answer for the rules of the USA.
> But during my research, I've had to get a special permission from the
> National Privacy authority, I've had to get written permissons
> beforehand
> from the human subjects, and I've had to destroy the original tapes.
> This
> was when I was connected to the University of Bergen.
>
> Now I am employed by a National Resource Center for Deaf Education. We
> do
> have a permisson from the aforementioned authority to make vidotapes,
> provided the subject or the warden of the subject (if it is a child)
> has
> given written consent. These tapes we are permitted to use for research
> under strict rules, and for courses also under strict rules, and with
> written agreement from the persons taking part in these courses that
> they
> will not reveal any personal or private information.
>
> As you say you will be using one person who uses a SL that is not ASL,
> that person could be shy of showing his or her SL utterances, and could
> naturally be afraid that someone might bring back to his or her own SL
> community what has been said - even it this someone has misunderstood
> or
> do not remember correctly. The satndings of the SLs of the world, and
> of
> the Deaf communities, is still so shaky that every precaution should be
> taken to avoid a 'blemish' on a deaf signer's reputation with his or
> her
> own community.
>
> Therefore, the students should be 'sworn to secrecy', that is, they
> should not use the material as 'this is how this particular SL is,
> because
> NN (name of subject) told us so'. They should learn that this is one
> way
> that this SL can be used, and is used by this one person, who is
> presently
> in an ASL environment and may be confused because of that.
>
> Best of luck with your course,
>
> Ingvild Roald,
> Bergen, Norway
>
> SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA writes:
>> This year I will be teaching a field methods course for second year
>> graduate students at Gallaudet University. Naturally, this course
>> involves working with a (paid) language consultant, in other words a
>> human subject. Over the year, students will obtain data from the
>> consultant and will prepare a descriptive paper at the end of the
>> course based on their data. Since this course deals with sign
>> languages
>> (i.e. a sign language other than ASL), data will be recorded by
>> videotaping the consultant's productions. Just last week, the question
>> came up of whether filming our consultant requires the course to
>> receive a blanket approval from our university's Institutional Review
>> Board. (Since the consultant will be videotaped, this means s/he would
>> be readily identifiable in the future.) Additionally, the university
>> requires that unless the videotapes are archived, they must be
>> destroyed after two years.
>>
>> I am scheduled to meet with the head of our IRB later this week, and
>> would like to get a feel for practice in other universities before I
>> talk with him. My position, supported elsewhere in the department, is
>> that given the nature of a field methods course, we would hope for
>> exemption from the normal approval needed prior to undertaking any
>> research with a human subject.
>>
>> I realise that most people on LINGUIST will only have dealt with human
>> subjects issues in spoken languages, where videotaping (and subject
>> identifiability) probably wouldn't pose the same kind of difficulties.
>> Nonetheless, I would be grateful for any input other people involved
>> in
>> field methods courses, involving either spoken or signed languages,
>> could give me. What has your experience been? Have you had to deal
>> with
>> any unexpected or unusual ethical issues? Has your institution
>> required
>> IRB approval for working with a human subject? Has the institution
>> required you to restrict in some way the subsequent use of data
>> obtained in the course? (E.g. destruction of original data, ban on
>> publication or dissemination of results, signed undertakings on the
>> part of course participants?)
>>
>> I look forward to your feedback,
>>
>> Chris Miller
>>
>> =:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
>> Christopher Miller
>>
>>
>>
>> Gallaudet web page:
>>
>> http://linguistics.gallaudet.edu/miller.html
>>
>> Work:
>>
>> Department of Linguistics
>> (Dawes House 203)
>> Gallaudet University
>> 800 Florida Avenue NE
>> Washington DC 20002
>> USA
>>
>> +1 202 651-5674
>> christopher.miller at gallaudet.edu
>>
>> Home:
>>
>> 4512 32nd Street
>> Mount Rainier MD 20712
>> USA
>>
>> +1 514 995-0185 (mobile)
>> christophermiller at mac.com
>> (miller.christopher at uqam.ca - expiring soon)
>> =:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
>>
=:=:=:=:= =:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
Christopher Miller
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Gallaudet web page:
http://linguistics.gallaudet.edu/miller.html
Work:
Department of Linguistics
(Dawes House 203)
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington DC 20002
USA
+1 202 651-5674
christopher.miller at gallaudet.edu
Home:
4512 32nd Street
Mount Rainier MD 20712
USA
+1 514 995-0185 (mobile)
christophermiller at mac.com
(miller.christopher at uqam.ca - expiring soon)
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Gallaudet web page:
http://linguistics.gallaudet.edu/miller.html
Work:
Department of Linguistics
(Dawes House 203)
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington DC 20002
USA
+1 202 651-5674
christopher.miller at gallaudet.edu
Home:
4512 32nd Street
Mount Rainier MD 20712
USA
+1 514 995-0185 (mobile)
christophermiller at mac.com
(miller.christopher at uqam.ca - expiring soon)
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