Anthropology Anonymous? Some Comments to Julia Vorhölter

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  • Sjaak van der Geest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15460/ethnoscripts.2021.23.1.1653

Keywords:

Anonymisation, pseudonym, ethnographic research, ethics, privacy

Abstract

This brief comment discusses the methodological and ethical implications and complications of anonymising ethnographic research. Special attention is given to the possibility of use of pseudonyms and its hazards and to the moral imperative of trust.

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Received

2021-04-14

Published

2021-05-05

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2021): How to write? Experiences, challenges and possibilities of ethnographic writing

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Special Issue

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Copyright (c) 2021 Sjaak van der Geest

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Anthropology Anonymous? Some Comments to Julia Vorhölter. (2021). Ethnoscripts, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.15460/ethnoscripts.2021.23.1.1653