Project redemption: Conducting research with informal workers in New York city

Mallika Bose; Caprice Knapp; Margaret S. Winchester; Agustina Besada; Amelia Browning

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77685-9_6

Project redemption: Conducting research with informal workers in New York city

Mallika Bose, Caprice Knapp, Margaret S. Winchester, Agustina Besada, Amelia Browning

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Informal workers are a challenging group to work with, due to geographically dispersed locations, undocumented migrants, and other forms of vulnerability. We discuss the process through which we gained entry to work with informal workers in New York City. We work with “canners”, a population which collects recyclables and deposits them at a redemption center to collect cash refunds. Partnering with a nonprofit organization solves issues of group organization, but difficulties remain in building relationships with individuals. We used a combination of in-person meetings, an iterative and collaborative research design, and incentives to lay the groundwork for multi-method research with this group.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	65-73
Number of pages	9
Edition	9783319776842
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77685-9_6
State	Published - 2018

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Name	SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Number	9783319776842
ISSN (Print)	2192-3698
ISSN (Electronic)	2192-3701

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Health Policy
Health Informatics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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