Navigating cross-cultural research: methodological and ethical considerations

Tanya Broesch, Alyssa Crittenden, Bret A. Beheim, Aaron D. Blackwell, John Bunce, Heidi Colleran, Kristin Hagel, Michelle Kline, Richard Mcelreath, Robin Nelson, Anne Pisor, Sean Prall, Ilaria Pretelli, Benjamin Purzycki, Elizabeth Quinn, Cody Ross, Brooke Scelza, Kathrine Starkweather, Jonathan Stieglitz and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
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Tanya Broesch: SFU.ca - Simon Fraser University = Université Simon Fraser
Alyssa Crittenden: WGU Nevada - University of Nevada [Las Vegas]
Bret A. Beheim: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig] - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Aaron D. Blackwell: WSU - Washington State University
John Bunce: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig] - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Heidi Colleran: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig] - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Kristin Hagel: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig] - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Michelle Kline: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig] - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Richard Mcelreath: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig] - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Robin Nelson: Santa Clara University
Anne Pisor: WSU - Washington State University
Sean Prall: Unknown
Ilaria Pretelli: Unknown
Benjamin Purzycki: Unknown
Elizabeth Quinn: Unknown
Cody Ross: Unknown
Brooke Scelza: Unknown
Kathrine Starkweather: Unknown
Jonathan Stieglitz: IAST - Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder: Unknown

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Abstract: The intensifying pace of research based on cross-cultural studies in the social sciences necessitates a discussion of the unique challenges of multi-sited research. Given an increasing demand for social scientists to expand their data collection beyond WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) populations, there is an urgent need for transdisciplinary conversations on the logistical, scientific and ethical considerations inherent to this type of scholarship. As a group of social scientists engaged in cross-cultural research in psychology and anthropology, we hope to guide prospective cross-cultural researchers through some of the complex scientific and ethical challenges involved in such work: (a) study site selection, (b) community involvement and (c) culturally appropriate research methods. We aim to shed light on some of the difficult ethical quandaries of this type of research. Our recommendation emphasizes a community-centred approach, in which the desires of the community regarding research approach and methodology, community involvement, results communication and distribution, and data sharing are held in the highest regard by the researchers. We argue that such considerations are central to scientific rigour and the foundation of the study of human behaviour.

Keywords: cross-cultural research; ethics; evolutionary anthropology; psychology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-09
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Published in Proceedings - Royal society. Biological sciences, 2020, 287 (1935)

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