Reflecting on Crisis

Ethics of Dis/Engagement in Migration Research

in Migration and Society
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Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou Visual Anthropologist and PhD Candidate, University College London, UK ioanna.manoussaki-adamopoulou.14@ucl.ac.uk

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Natalie Sedacca University of Exeter, UK n.sedacca@exeter.ac.uk

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Rachel Benchekroun University College London, UK and University of Roehampton, UK rachel.benchekroun@ucl.ac.uk

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Andrew Knight University College London, UK andrew.knight.17@ucl.ac.uk

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Andrea Cortés Saavedra PhD Candidate, University College London, UK andrea.c.saavedra@ucl.ac.uk

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This article offers a collective “gaze from within” the process of migration research, on the effects the pandemic has had on our interlocutors, our research fields, and our positionalities as researchers. Drawing from our experiences of researching a field in increasing crisis, and following the methodological reflections of the article written by our colleagues in this issue, we discuss a number of dilemmas and repositionings stemming from—and extending beyond—the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on issues of positionality, ethics of (dis)engaging from the research field, and the underlying extractivist nature of Global North academia, we propose our own vision of more egalitarian and engaged research ethics and qualitative methodologies in the post-pandemic world.

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