Ethics

All the ethics approval for our Hons project sounds quite complicated! I'm worried about issues around using an existing script that is based on true stories from asylum seekers and refugees (as AFR does). Will I have to get ethics approval to use the stories, even though I didn't do the interview? Will AFR's permissions be sufficient? Is the fact that they are anonymous enough?

I will have to arrange with Christine to ensure she has access to a counsellor in case the actors get distressed by the material they are using.

One of AFR's key methods to humanise asylum seekers is to have actors telling the stories of refugees in their own accent/voice. So that the vocabulary is that of someone for whom English is a second language, but the accent doesn't necessarily match the use of language. This encourages the audience to listen to the stories rather than put the storyteller in a racial or cultural box. I think that any awareness campaign for AFRUK should use a similar method somehow. More thought needed.