ANTH 358 - Anthropology and Ethics

Credits: 5

In this course students will consider a range of ethical controversies and debates across the sub-disciplines of anthropology. Participation in research sponsored by the military or governmental agencies, the controversy initiated by publication of Patrick Tierney’s “Darkness in El Dorado,” human-subjects protections, animal care issues associated with research, archaeology and cultural patrimony protections, questions regarding applied research, the representation of the “other” in social-scientific writing, and questions regarding the recording and presentation of ethnographic film will be explored are examples of topics that will be explored.

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