Department of Anthropology
Edward Wright Building
King’s College
Aberdeen AB24 3QY
Scotland
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1224 272772
Fax: +44 (0)1224 273442
Email :david.anderson@abdn.ac.uk
Url: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/anthropology
Participant’s Agreement:
Arctic Domus: Emplacing Human-Animal Relations in the Circumpolar North
Fieldworker(s)
[Full Name]
[Local Address]
[Contact telephone numbers]
[Contact email addresses]
Principal Investigator
David Anderson
G5 Edward Wright Building
office +44 1224 272772
mobile +447948839918
david.anderson@abdn.ac.uk
We are working with an international research project designed to understand how
people and animals live together in Northern landscapes. You have been identified
as an expert with important knowledge about human-animal relations. This form
acknowledges your contribution to the project and makes clear your rights to
participate, to end your participation, or to have your name associated with the
published and unpublished materials of the project.
The project is funded by the European Research Council. It is based at the
University of Aberdeen, with the participation of several other partner universities
listed at the end of this covering letter. All partner universities have agreed to respect
this consent form.
During this study we will use participant observation. The fieldworkers may ask you to
share your observations and opinions on the behaviour of the animals in your care or
in your surroundings. They will be especially interested in your evaluation of their
behaviour and of how to maintain good relationships with them. They may also ask
about your experiences in the past. The fieldworkers may offer to help you with your
daily interactions and to keep observations about the work that they share with you.
Please feel free to expand on the topic or talk about related ideas. The fieldwork is
designed to learn first-hand information about this topic.
All the information you share will be kept confidential. We will not gather any
personal information about you other than those listed on the following page. We will
keep those data in a secure place in a written notebook in a locked filing cabinet.
Your name will be kept separate from any written observations and will be linked by a
coded reference. Only the fieldworkers and the principal investigator mentioned
above will have access to this information. Your name will not be published unless
you explicitly agree to this. This project will end on June 30th 2017. At that point all
information will be made anonymous.
Participating Universities
University of Oslo, Norway
University of Alberta, Canada
University of Tromsø, Norway
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Irkutsk State Technical Univ. Russia
Participant’s Agreement:
I am aware that my participation in this research is voluntary. If, for any reason, at
any time, I wish to stop participating, I may do so without having to give an
explanation. I understand the intent and purpose of this research.
I am aware the observations I share may be cited in a published papers, at public
conferences, or in seminars. I have been promised that a copy of my observations
will be shared with me before publication. The data gathered in this study are
confidential and anonymous with respect to my personal identity unless I
specify/indicate otherwise. I grant permission for the use of my observations for a
____ paper
____ class presentation
I grant permission to use one of the following
____ My first name only
____ My full name
[Participant to initial permission]:
[Participant to initial permission]:
____ Just a pseudonym
____ My workplace address
I will be given a copy of the [Participant to initial permission]:
___ paper, ____ audiotape, ____ videotape, ____ transcribed interview,
___ photograph(s)
Additional conditions for my participation in this research are noted here:
I have read the above form, and, with the understanding that I can withdraw at any
time, and for whatever reason.
_____________________
Participant’s signature
_____________________
Interviewer’s signature
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