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Appendix A. DETAILS OF THE EMPIRICAL STUDY

Human Research Ethics Committee Approval

The University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) on 21 March 2013
and Project No granted approval for this empirical study: 2012/2825 was issued. In
compliance with university policy, Professor Elspeth Probyn was listed as the chief
investigator and Kate Johnston was listed as the Co-Researcher. Approval was also given to
the following forms that were used throughout the in-field research period: Participant
Information Statement and Participant Consent Form.

Research Participants

In keeping with the conditions of the HREC approval, all interviews were conducted with the
consent of each research participant who agreed to the material being recorded, transcribed
and published in this PhD thesis and in any associated academic publications and in a radio
documentary. The recording device remained in full view of each research participant
throughout the interview. It was explained (verbally and in writing) that the recording could
be stopped at anytime at the request of the research participant and the data deleted. A signed
consent form was obtained from each research participant. Real names have been used at the
request and with permission of the individual participants. Where this is not the case
pseudonyms have been used and indicated in endnotes. At the completion of this thesis a lay
summary of the project will be emailed to those research participants who requested it. Full
copies of this thesis will be made available to the participants upon request.

Data Treatment

The interviews were conducted in either English or Italian. The author transcribed and
translated all interviews. Additional translation support was used to confirm the accuracy of
the translations for the final thesis. Interviews were analysed thematically alongside other
material gathered from the field and broader research. Key passages and quotes from the
interviews provided direction for research and have been used to contextualise the body of
the thesis. The interviews were transcribed and analysed thematically alongside other sources.
While often key passages and quotes from the interviews provided direction for research, at
other times the interviews were approached in light of themes emerging from the broader
research.

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