Handle with care : ownership and control of ethnographic materials / edited by Sjoerd R. Jaarsma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaarsma, S. R.

Series:

ASAO monograph

ASAO monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Research.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Fieldwork.

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Repatriation.

Intellectual property--Moral and ethical aspects.

Intellectual property.

Anthropological ethics.

Physical Description:

x, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2002]

Summary:

Who owns ethnographic information? The anthropologist who collects data hoping for an advanced degree, a book, scholarly articles, and/or tenure? Or the indigenous people studied, who recognize not only the value of the material to their own culture, but to the researcher's career?

Handle with Care presents a broad exploration of a wide array of problems and pitfalls inherent in the practice of anthropology, with particular focus on the question of repatriation of ethnographic materials. Filled with practical, hands-on suggestions, the contributors to this collection ask difficult questions, grapple with key ethical dilemmas, and offer a simple set of recommendations that will change the way anthropologists conduct research.

Contents:

Introduction: Thinking through Repatriation / Sjoerd R. Jaarsma 1

Part I Issues of Access

1 Talking to Ourselves, or Getting the Word Back / Dorothy A. Counts, David R. Counts 17

2 www.repatriating_ethnography.edu/rotuma / Alan Howard 28

3 Wish, Need, and Dilemma / Sjoerd R. Jaarsma 46

4 You Can't Die till You Clean Up Your Mess / Mary McCutcheon 63

Part II Managing the Collected Past

5 A Kwaio Case Study from the Melanesian Archive / David Akin, Kathryn Creely 81

6 Archiving Jack Fischer's Micronesian Field Notes / Suzanne Falgout 94

7 Returning History through the Trust Territory Archives / Karen M. Peacock 108

8 Resurrecting Archival Poetic Repertoire for Hawaiian Hula / Amy Ku'Uleialoha Stillman 130

Part III Transformation, Interpretation, and Ownership

9 Ethnographer as Taker and Maker in Tuvalu / Keith S. Chambers, Anne Chambers 151

10 Dangerous Data from Mokil Atoll / Bryan P. Oles 174

11 Trafficking in Taiwan Aboriginal Voices / Nancy Guy 195

Epilogue: Returning Ethnographic Materials / Anne Chambers, Keith S. Chambers, Dorothy A. Counts, David R. Counts, Suzanne Falgout, Nancy Guy, Alan Howard, Sjoerd R. Jaarsma, Mary McCutcheon, Bryan P. Oles, Karen M. Peacock, Amy Ku'Uleialoha Stillman|p211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index.

ISBN:

0822957779

OCLC:

48796258