Antropologicheskij forum, 2016, no. 30

FORUM: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST AND THE COMMUNITY

Abstract: This “Forum” (written round-table) addresses the complex questions raised by sharing research findings and materials with the community under study. A central question in fieldwork relates to the “sharing” or “repatriation” of research materials (“member check” also known as interviewee transcript review, respondent validation, and so on).

Participants of the “Forum” answered the following questions: Should the issue of “repatriation” (as a possible or obligatory step) be addressed in preliminary planning of the project? What kind of conflicts may be caused by the “repatriation” of research results and materials? What are the possible benefits to an anthropological investigation of “repatriation”? What results and materials should be “repatriated” to the community under study? What form should the “repatriation” take? Should the decisions about this be made by the researcher, their research subjects, or some third party?

Keywords: anthropology, community, field ethics, sharing, repatriation, member check, interviewee transcript review, respondent validation.

To cite: 'Forum: Otnosheniya antropologa i izuchaemogo soobshchestva' [Forum: The Anthropologist and the Community], Antropologicheskij forum, 2016, no. 30, pp. 8–80.

URL: http://anthropologie.kunstkamera.ru/files/pdf/030/forum.pdf