Protocol and ethical challenges for success in research with minors: the case of cultural and museum studies in the context of COVID-19

Abstract

This research proposes a protocol of action for the performance of cultural and museum studies with minors in the context of COVID-19, which helps, first, to safeguard minors in focus groups, interviews, and participant observation and, second, to ensure that the research is successful. Development of the protocol entailed a systematised review featuring analysis of an array of documents divided into four scenarios: 1) institutional regulations on research with minors, 2) cultural studies associated with methodologies and minors, 3) cultural studies on applications and emerging technologies applied to minors, and 4) institutional regulations on COVID-19 in museums and schools. This has yielded a proposal for a step-by-step, regulatory, methodological protocol, which is scalable in any discipline and with which to ensure safe studies with children.