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Nostalgia, goodness and ethical paradox

Lace Marie Brogden

University of Regina, Canada, lace.brogden{at}uregina.ca

Donna Patterson

University of Regina, Canada, donna.patterson{at}uregina.ca

We research in Saskatchewan, in the Dry Land elucidated by Trevor Herriot (2001). We start with his notion that `those of us who live west of the 100th meridian have been using nostalgia to construct a romance fiction out of our history... there is no denying the power of nostalgia' (p. 2). Our landscape shapes us as we in turn shape it, we feel obligated to be sensitive to the glamours of nostalgia. Our prairie landscape evokes questions: What does it mean to research ethically in this space? What are the possible foci of our nostalgia? And, how do we navigate the ethical paradoxes in which we find ourselves? This article argues that research pushed by cultural norms creates double-binds around notions of `good' and `R/right'. By juxtaposing nostalgia and goodness, we examine ethical paradoxes facing us as academics in renegotiating these double-binds.

Key Words: dialogue • ethics • goodness • method • nostalgia • process • reflective practice • talk • trust

Qualitative Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, 217-227 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1468794107076021
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