The Ascona Charter
How can we not adhere to the values proposed by the Ascona Charter? Has transforming anthropology in order to transform the world never been more urgent?
Tag: Research ethics
“What Are We Agreeing Upon?” Negotiating Consent in Research with Indigenous Communities in the DRC
Ethical review boards in social science research require researchers to solicit informed and voluntary consent from their research participants. However, how is consent negotiated in the field when working with research participants who have…
The Political Life of Research Ethics Committees And What It Means for Ethnographic Research
This review discusses three pieces of work, that is, a conference panel and two books, that deal with the role of research ethics committees (RECs) in regulating biomedical research and medical anthropological research. We summarise the pape…