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and views predominate What if the researcher
makes a different interpretation from the
interviewee Should the interviewees be told,
even if they have not asked for these
interpretations
These issues, by no means an exhaustive list, are
not exclusive to the research interview, though
they are highly applicable here. For further reading
on ethical issues we refer readers to Chapter 2.
The personal safety of interviewers must also be
addressed: it may be important, for example, for
the interviewer to be accompanied, to leave details
of where he or she is going, to take a friend,
to show identification, to take a mobile phone, to
reconnoitre the neighbourhood, to learn how to
behave with fierce dogs, to use the most suitable
transport. It is perhaps a sad indictment on society
that these considerations have to be addressed, but
they do.
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