Ethical Use of this Site

Contributors to this on-line archive have given us permission to publish their narratives on the web, mostly in their own names. They have consented to being represented on the Internet as part of this archive and in some cases only after specified edits have been made. Because researchers will be using these narratives in many different ways we ask that pseudonyms are used rather than the narrators' names.

The Irish Centre for Migration Studies holds copyright to these recordings.  Although the recordings and accompanying materials are posted on this site, this does not make them public domain documents, nor does it constitute a right to copy and /or publish them.  We ask that no use (beyond limited quotation) is made of the interviews without the permission of the Irish Centre for Migration Studies. To gain permission you can email migration@ucc.ie

The Irish Centre for Migration Studies has signed release forms from all of the interviewees giving us the right to publish the recordings on the Internet and to use them for educational, research, and public purposes.  However, there are ethical concerns about use of this material that the Centre must consider when establishing access provisions.  For instance, as curators of this collection, we think it is important that users of the recordings consider the context of each statement and respect the speakers' integrity in any public representation based on the recordings.  We ask that researchers approach the material with respect for, and awareness of the individuals whose lives, ideas, and experiences are represented here.