Journal article
Ethical Gifts?: An Analysis of Soap‐for‐data Transactions in Malawian Survey Research Worlds
Abstract
In 2008, thousands of Malawians received soap from an American research project as a gift for survey participation. Soap was deemed an ethical, non-coercive gift by researchers and ethics boards, but took on meanings that expressed recipients' grievances and aspirations. Research participants reframed soap and research benefits as "rights" they are entitled to, wages for "work," and a symbol of exploitation. Enlisting the perspectives of …
Authors
Biruk C
Journal
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 365–384
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2017
DOI
10.1111/maq.12374
ISSN
0745-5194