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International Conference ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH

International Conference ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD RESEARCH

Thursday, 25 January 2024, at 17:30

Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology,

Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Zoom link: https://uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/93714769801

PROGRAMME

17:30–17:40 Welcome speeches

Mirjam Mencej, DEAGENCY project leader

Petra Hamer and Tina Ivnik

17:40–17:55 The question of reciprocity between the researcher, the interlocutor, and the

community (Chair: Petra Hamer)

Cssaba Meszaros: Finding ways to work for the local community and beyond

Tina Ivnik: Fieldwork research: Between researcher, interlocutors, community, and research

objectives

Simona Kuntarič Zupanc: The question of reciprocity between the researcher, the interlocutor,

and the community

18:00–18:10 How to avoid politicization of the ethnographic data (Chair: Tina Ivnik)

Jaka Repič: Politicization of ethnographic knowledge

Petra Hamer: Is it possible to depoliticize music? Fieldwork experiences on popular war

music in Bosnia-Herzegovina

18:10–18:25 What does reflexivity mean in practice? (Chair: Petra Hamer)

Uršula Lipovec Čebron: What does reflexivity mean in practice?

Michal Uhrin: Reflexivity, Evolution and Cognition: Should everyone reflect on their research?

Juan Esteban de Jager: Avoiding some usual reflexivity slips

18:30–18:40 Between legitimate and legal (Chair: Tina Ivnik)

Agnes Hesz: The limits of transparency in anthropological fieldwork

Veronika Zavratnik: Navigating complexity: Social norms, moral principles and legal

frameworks

18:40–18:50 What is private and what is public? Ethical Considerations in Visual

Documentation of Fieldwork (Chair: Petra Hamer)

Marta Botiková: Ethical Considerations in Visual Documentation of Fieldwork

Ana Sarah Lunaček Brumen: Photography uses, relations and implications in research and

publishing

19:00–19:30 FINAL DISCUSSION