Angela Okune

AO. Audit culture vs grounds for further inquiry

AO: Some may view my uploading of these informed consent forms as simply another push towards an increased "audit culture" within the university (Strathern 1997) and greater politics of...Read more

AOk. Implementing structure vs organic "free for all" forms of collaboration

In the transcribed excerpt below, Wambui questions the thinking behind the loose structure of making decisions in the group. Is this an attempt towards a democratic research...Read more

Informed Consent_191121_001 FGD

AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by participants of group discussion # 191121_001 and signed after the interview. I exerted my researcher's perogative in deciding to anonymize all participants despite some participants written...Read more

AO. Questioning the value of research for Kenyan society

AO: Lots of debate on this issue - sentiments that “Kenyan society doesn’t value research” which was pushed back against: “Academics don’t write things that society wants to read!”...Read more

Informed Consent_EAKWAM03

AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant EAKWAM03 prior to interview # 190524_001 and signed after the interview.Read more

"Official" vs informal research (methods)

I was thinking about how generative this writing call ended up being and it has got me thinking on method. Formal data collection in Nairobi is often very rote in the vein of Bateson's proto-...Read more

AO. Individual's desire to be named vs protecting others' wishes to be anonymous

AO: While we were going over the options covered within the consent form after the interview, this individual, who throughout the interview was all for openness, was also very willing to be named...Read more

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