{"id":217,"date":"2023-08-22T05:45:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/?post_type=chapter&p=217"},"modified":"2023-08-22T05:45:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:45:31","slug":"guiding-questions-navigating-principles-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/chapter\/guiding-questions-navigating-principles-in-practice\/","title":{"raw":"Guiding Questions: Navigating Principles in Practice","rendered":"Guiding Questions: Navigating Principles in Practice"},"content":{"raw":"I've devised the following questions to guide emerging writers as they (you) begin and move through the creative process. I hope that the questions, offered in the \u201cfirst person,\u201d will help you make good (wise, ethical) choices any time you tackle a new project.\r\n
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Question 1<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

Will I be drawing on real-life experiences and living people? If my project is a work of fiction, is it sufficiently \u201cfictionalized\u201d to not offend, insult, or hurt friends, family members, or individuals who are part of a kind of community to which I belong? If my project seems likely to wound a person or people who I care about, am I comfortable with this and prepared to be accountable for the effects my work will have on them? If not, what changes can I make to protect the privacy and emotional\/psychological well-being of those potentially affected?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Question 2<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

Again, will I be drawing on real-life events and experiences? If my project is a work of non-fiction, do I intend to rely on conversations or interviews with living people? If so, and if I'm a registered student at a post-secondary institution, have I looked into the institution's policies and procedures related to \u201cethics approval\u201d? Am I acquainted with the formal steps I need to take in order to receive institutional permission to work with \u201chuman subjects\u201d? (Have I consulted with professors who can point me in the right directions?)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Question 3<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

Does my project, regardless of genre, involve writing about people who belong to communities and\/or cultures other than my own? Do I occupy a position of privilege in relation to these people\/cultures? Are these people\/cultures marginalized within enduring colonial power structures? Am I considering a plan that will involve cultural appropriation? If so, am I aware of the repercussions? Should I proceed\/am I prepared to contend with these repercussions?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Question 4<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

Am I planning a project that relies on facts (historical, geographical, scientific)? If so, am I prepared to double- and triple-check the accuracy of these facts? (This is not a concern if my chosen genre allows me to toy with factual information, e.g., fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction.)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Question 5<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

Am I planning a project that relies on facts (historical, geographical, scientific) which are disputed? If so, have I considered including footnotes or endnotes, as well as a list of references, to explain and \u201cback up\u201d my version of the \u201cfacts\u201d? Am I also willing (you should be \u2014 there's no harm in this!) to provide a \u201cforeword\u201d or \u201cafterword\u201d that lays out my rationale for adopting my particular perspective on \u201cfacts\u201d that are contested?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Question 6<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

Do I intend to I make use of an existing text \u2014 i.e., the work of another author \u2014 by quoting, briefly, from that text, or by substantially rewriting\/re-envisioning it? If so, might I consider inserting footnotes or endnotes, as well as a list of references, to acknowledge my sources? (Erring on the side of caution is never a bad idea.) Might I consider, again, a \u201cforeword\u201d or \u201cafterword\u201d which makes plain the fact that I'm intertextualizing?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

I’ve devised the following questions to guide emerging writers as they (you) begin and move through the creative process. I hope that the questions, offered in the \u201cfirst person,\u201d will help you make good (wise, ethical) choices any time you tackle a new project.<\/p>\n

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Question 1<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Will I be drawing on real-life experiences and living people? If my project is a work of fiction, is it sufficiently \u201cfictionalized\u201d to not offend, insult, or hurt friends, family members, or individuals who are part of a kind of community to which I belong? If my project seems likely to wound a person or people who I care about, am I comfortable with this and prepared to be accountable for the effects my work will have on them? If not, what changes can I make to protect the privacy and emotional\/psychological well-being of those potentially affected?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question 2<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Again, will I be drawing on real-life events and experiences? If my project is a work of non-fiction, do I intend to rely on conversations or interviews with living people? If so, and if I’m a registered student at a post-secondary institution, have I looked into the institution’s policies and procedures related to \u201cethics approval\u201d? Am I acquainted with the formal steps I need to take in order to receive institutional permission to work with \u201chuman subjects\u201d? (Have I consulted with professors who can point me in the right directions?)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question 3<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Does my project, regardless of genre, involve writing about people who belong to communities and\/or cultures other than my own? Do I occupy a position of privilege in relation to these people\/cultures? Are these people\/cultures marginalized within enduring colonial power structures? Am I considering a plan that will involve cultural appropriation? If so, am I aware of the repercussions? Should I proceed\/am I prepared to contend with these repercussions?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question 4<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Am I planning a project that relies on facts (historical, geographical, scientific)? If so, am I prepared to double- and triple-check the accuracy of these facts? (This is not a concern if my chosen genre allows me to toy with factual information, e.g., fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question 5<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Am I planning a project that relies on facts (historical, geographical, scientific) which are disputed? If so, have I considered including footnotes or endnotes, as well as a list of references, to explain and \u201cback up\u201d my version of the \u201cfacts\u201d? Am I also willing (you should be \u2014 there’s no harm in this!) to provide a \u201cforeword\u201d or \u201cafterword\u201d that lays out my rationale for adopting my particular perspective on \u201cfacts\u201d that are contested?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Question 6<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

Do I intend to I make use of an existing text \u2014 i.e., the work of another author \u2014 by quoting, briefly, from that text, or by substantially rewriting\/re-envisioning it? If so, might I consider inserting footnotes or endnotes, as well as a list of references, to acknowledge my sources? (Erring on the side of caution is never a bad idea.) Might I consider, again, a \u201cforeword\u201d or \u201cafterword\u201d which makes plain the fact that I’m intertextualizing?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1782,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-217","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":200,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/217\/revisions\/218"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/200"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/217\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ubcacademicintegrity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}