Challenges Facing African Social Work Researchers in Integrating Indigenous Research Ethics: Towards Ethical Reconstitution Through Decolonial Cooperation
Exploring obstacles in adapting Indigenous ethics in social work, highlighting the need for ethical reconstitution.
Key Points
The study aims to understand the integration of Indigenous research ethics within the frame of African social work research.
Autoethnographic methodology involving five experienced African researchers
Data collected through narrative responses based on conversational prompts
Analysis performed using Reflective Thematic Analysis
Five main challenges identified: marginalisation of Indigenous ethics, ontological invisibility, hierarchisation of ethical authority, donor-driven compliance, and lack of ethical reconstitution.