Discussions of the ill-fated Belfast Project at Boston College often frame the issue as what can happen to an oral history project in the absence of IRB oversight. But a recent account of the project in the Chronicle of Higher Education, as well as subsequent discussion, suggests that the real problem was a lack of involvement by lawyers and historians.
[McMurtrie, Beth. “Secrets From Belfast.” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 26, 2014.]
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Belfast Project: No lawyers, few historians (and no IRB)
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boston college,
clark,
confidentiality,
law,
oral history,
political science,
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