Anthropology News seeks contributions for a thematic series on anthropological ethics at a key moment during the AAA Code of Ethics revision. We ask our members to pause and consider what this process should entail. What are your thoughts about the notion of codifying ethics? Have you encountered ethically complex situations where guidance would have been helpful? How have available guidelines and advice met or failed to meet your needs?

The ethics code revision project has involved a diverse array of stakeholders. We now have an opportunity to engage in a discipline-wide discussion on this vital issue, which affects the everyday lives of all people involved in anthropological work: educators, students, practitioners, review boards and research communities. The below prompts are meant to inspire and we welcome additional topics related to this general theme.

Guidelines

We encourage proposals for In Focus commentaries, Teaching Strategies, Field Notes articles, photo essays, interviews and more. To participate, email a 300-word proposal and 50-100-word author bio to Anthropology News editor Dinah Winnick. Proposals for photo essays should also include five high resolution photographs, each with a caption and credit. Selected authors will be asked to submit final articles of 1000-1400 words for commentaries and 300-1000 words for other article types.

Proposal submission deadline: May 26, 2009.

Early submissions are encouraged.