READ ME File For 'Cultivating more-than-animal welfare within the animal research facility'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2585

Date that the file was created: April, 2023. 

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: REBECCA THOMAS, University of Southampton, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4061-9727 

Date of data collection: 2019 - 2020

Information about geographic location of data collection: UK based data collection. Further details are not appropriate due to confidentiality requirements. 

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: Embargo period of 10 years before data can be released. 

Recommended citation for the data: Rebecca Thomas, 2023, Cultivating more-than-animal welfare within the animal research facility. 

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

1. 'PhD Data Rebecca Thomas': This is the PhD data set for my thesis which includes 25 transcripts of interviews with animal research personnel from 3 research facilities. Excerpts of these interviews are included and referred to throughout my thesis.

-Facility A - Participant 1 - Agnes 
-Facility A - Participant 2 - Arthur
-Facility A - Participant 4 - Jane 
-Facility A - Paticipant 5 - Isabella 
-Facility A - Participant 6 - Jude 
-Facility A - Participant 7 - Tess 
-Facility A - Pariticipant 8 - Gabriel 
-Facility A - Participant 9 - Clara 
-Facility A - Participant 10 & 11 - Tasmin & Edward 
-Facility A - Participant 12 - Marcia 

-Facility B - Participant 4 - Cathy 
-Facility B - Participant 5 - Troy 
-Facility B - Participant 6 - Nick 
-Facility B - Participant 7 - Anne 
-Facility B - Participant 8 - Liddy

-Facility C - Participant 2 - Charlotte 
-Facility C - Participant 3 - Rodger 
-Facility C - Participant 4 - Damon
-Facility C - Participant 5 - Celine 
-Facility C - Participant 7 - Lyra 
-Facility C - Participant 8 - Clement 
-Facility C - Participant 9 - Reuben 
-Facility C - Participant 10 - Grace 
-Facility C - Participant 12 - Rodger 
-Facility C - Participant 14 - Sue

2. 'Consent Forms and Participant Information': This file contains the participant information sheets and consent forms for both the interviews and ethnographies which took place during my data collection, as approved by the University Ethics Committee. 

-Ethnographies Participant Information Sheet 
-Participant Observation Consent Form
-Interview Consent Form
-Interview Participant Information Sheet

Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: My thesis also alludes to ethnographic notes but these were deemed to be too sensitive to be released as they gives considerable detail about the facilities and personnel who I encountered within animal research facilities.

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: I completed interviews and ethnographies as part of my data collection.  

Methods for processing the data: I recorded interviews with my participants by dictaphone and then transcribed these recordings these by hand. The transcripts were then analysed by hand.