Reading Response 15

Art-based research is a great way to avoid the ethical concerns of a written published ethnography due to its innately anonymous nature. Some types of art based research lend themselves to protecting the anonymity of the participants, such as painting or visual art. The ethnographer can represent his or her study participants without exposing their identities or subjecting them to further stereotyping. Likewise, presenting results in a theatrical manner or through fiction allows the ethnographer to weave in truth with fiction. This prevents members from being revealed because the reader or viewer does not know which parts are truth, and which parts are fiction.