Participant Consent Form
Project Title: “Othering” Caused by Language Choices Surrounding Immigration
Researchers:
Carmen Pedersen
Co-Investigator/Student Researcher, Anthropology, MacEwan University
Contact Information: phone: 780-228-7303; email: pedersenc22@mymacewan.ca
Dr. Jenanne Ferguson,
Principal Investigator/Asst. Professor, Anthropology, MacEwan University
Contact Information: phone: 780-497-4523; email: fergusonj73@macewan.ca
Purpose of the Research:
I (Carmen Pedersen) am conducting this study as a research project which is part of a course called ANTH498 - Advanced Independent Study. I will receive three credits towards my degree upon completion of this course. I am researching the ways in which our everyday language and the language we are exposed to changes societal dynamics and creates an “other”, particularly in the context of immigration. I wish to understand how language can cause harm and how that harm can be reduced. After collecting information from this study, I would like to use it in combination with the other parts of my research (literature review, analysis of news headlines) and produce a pamphlet on informed language choice that discusses why the language we use is important and should be carefully considered.
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