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Laura Ryser, Greg Halseth, Sean Markey*

UNBC, *SFU

OTM Symposium – November 2018

Research in Precarious Settings: Topics for

Qualitative Research with Mobile Workers

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Outline

 Politics of method

 Context

 Research study

 Results

 Permissions

 Co-production of knowledge

 Fear and trust

 Reflections

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The Politics of Method

Different epistemology lens?

 Static methods in a mobile context

 Observing transfer points

 Mobilizing methods to experience and critique differently

 May not capture politics and institutional practice that affect mobilities

 Power exerted through influence over processes and structural impediments

 Need to understand ‘politics of method’

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Context of Research

 Mobile method issues

 Permission

 Co-production: research design, access, recruitment

 Fear / trust

 Methodology issues

 Subjectivity

 Capacity of researchers / mobile workers

 To situate the credibility, validity, and reliability of

findings in broader context

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Research Study

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Results

I. Permissions

II. Co-production of knowledge

III. Fear and trust

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Permission

 REBs influence on academic freedom

Process of obtaining permissions from industry

May reinforce powerlessness

 Need industry permission to access work sites / camps

 Submit proposal, consent form, questions, samples of previous work

 Permission conditions

 One day access to sites

 Shorter interviews

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Co-production: Research Design

 Industry engagement / input into research design

 Limited feedback on questions

 Feedback: shorten interviews

 Impacts:

Inquiry into breadth / depth of issues

Single static method at key transfer points

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Co-production: Access

 Key transfer points

Work sites, camps, airports, staging areas

Microgeographies / triangulation

 Suitability of meeting spaces

Confidentiality / anonymity

 Multiple, mobile methods to broaden ‘access’ not possible

One day access, short interviews

 Scheduling

Align with shift turnovers

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Co-production: Recruitment

 Varied logistical support

 Turnover of personnel

Community liaisons, camp staff

Interrupts relationships

 Length of shift, rotation, transition period

Selection bias from convenience sample

Limits questions posed

 Need recruitment across boom AND bust

periods

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Fear and Trust

 Fear and trust

Due to controversy and vulnerability of projects

Fear of job losses

Non-disclosure agreements

 Strategies to get mobile workers onside

 Face-to-face recruitment and interviewing

 Communicating permission from industry

 Focused on mobile worker experiences

 Interviewing in groups

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Reflections

 Requires better understanding of politicized context

Power and structural impediments shape credibility / validity

 Conditions to secure permissions shape co- production of knowledge

Restricted access

Varied logistical support

Non-disclosure agreements

 Impacts breadth of methods / depth of issues

 Critical question: How the politics of method

produces different knowledge

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The On the Move Partnership is a project of the SafetyNet Centre for Occupational Health & Safety Research at Memorial University. On the Move is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Research & Development Corporation of

Newfoundland and Labrador, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, and numerous university and community partners.

Le partenariat en mouvement est un projet du CentreSafetyNet for Occupational Health & Safety Researchà l’Université Memorial. En mouvement est subventionné par le Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada, par la Newfoundland and Labrador Research &

Development Corporation, par la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation, ainsi que par de nombreux partenaires et universités.

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