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ArticleQualitative research : QR2025

Chasing scorpions across North Africa: Ethical reflections on life story research with Sub-Saharan migrants.

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg, Abderrahman Beggar

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Stacey Wilson-ForsbergWilfrid Laurier University, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-4327
Abderrahman BeggarWilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

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In this Research Note, two researchers present their reflections on the ethical challenges they encountered while collecting life stories of sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco and the Disputed Territory of Western Sahara. The reflections are based on field notes and excerpts from unedited transcripts of daily debriefing sessions that the researchers undertook together. The sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed into written notes. The materials reveal their thoughts and feelings as they grappled with the ethics of keeping their research participants ("Narrators") safe, working with community organizations on the ground, attempting to conduct interviews as humanely as possible, while also managing and concealing their own emotions.

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ethicsfield noteslife storiesmigrationMorocco and the Disputed Territory of Western Saharareflectionstrauma

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PMCPMC12002631

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