Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Hamburg
Erscheinungsjahr:
2021
Medientyp:
Text
Schlagworte:
Anonymisation
pseudonyms
confidentiality
research ethics
anthropological fieldwork
ddc:300
Beschreibung:
This article reflects on the delicate issue of confidentiality and anonymity in contemporary anthropological research. It focuses on the challenges of assigning pseudonyms and disguising the identity of interlocutors and participants, especially in the contemporary context of the widespread use of social media and the internet. Drawing on the moral dilemmas, struggles, and failures that I experienced in relation to these issues in my own research, the article discusses the complexity of finding the right balance between respecting research participants’ interests and well-being, on the one hand, and living up to both the high ethical standards of the discipline and the desire to provide a meaningful analysis of ‘real’ issues, people, and places, on the other.
Lizenzen:
Copyright (c) 2021 Julia Vorhölter
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Quellsystem:
Ethnoscripts - Zeitschrift für aktuelle ethnologische Studien