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- Huffer, Damien
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The Living and the Dead Entwined in Virtual Space : #Bioarchaeology and Being a Bioarchaeologist on Instagram
- 2018
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Ingår i: Advances in archaeological practice. - : Cambridge University Press (CUP). - 2326-3768. ; 6:3, s. 267-273
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Teaching and public engagement with the results and implications of bioarchaeological research have increasingly attracted more varied and social media-savvy audiences. Since 2010, the social media platform Instagram has also flourished, with millions of users forming untold numbers of communities of practice. Here, I seek to address the intersection of bioarchaeology and the virtual stage that social media represents. How is the discipline of bioarchaeology and the act of being a bioarchaeologist represented on Instagram? How do practicing bioarchaeologists (and enthusiastic supporters of the field) communicate about their own and others' research, fieldwork, laboratory work, et cetera? With ever-greater amounts of scientific communication and public outreach conducted over social media (e.g., Gura 2013; Kling and McKim 2000; Wheat et al. 2013), it is worth investigating how the living who study the dead interact with each other, form community, and engage online audiences that increasingly contain descendants of the dead being studied. The review below is short; hence, the nature and depth of inquiry is restricted. Nevertheless, enough data are available to allow broader speculation and to suggest that there is space for more concerted future research.
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- Johnson, Taryn, et al.
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Working Ethically with Ancient DNA from Composites in the United States
- 2024
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Ingår i: Advances in archaeological practice. - 2326-3768.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses ethical frameworks for planning and implementing composite research in the United States. Composites, defined here as archaeological materials with multiple genetic sources, include materials such as sediment, coprolites, birch pitch, and dental calculus. Although composites are increasingly used in genetic research, the ethical considerations of their use in ancient DNA studies have not been widely discussed. Here, we consider how composites' compositions, contexts, and potential to act as proxies can affect research plans and offer an overview of the primary ethical concerns of ancient DNA research. It is our view that ethical principles established for analyses of Ancestral remains and related materials can be used to inform research plans when working with composite evidence. This work also provides a guide to archaeologists unfamiliar with genetics analyses in planning research when using composite evidence from the United States with a focus on collaboration, having a clear research plan, and using lab methods that provide the desired data with minimal destruction. Following the principles discussed in this article and others allows for engaging in composite research while creating and maintaining positive relationships with stakeholders. El presente trabajo analiza las preocupaciones eticas para la planificacion e implementacion de investigaciones compuestas en los Estados Unidos. Los compuestos, definidos aqui como muestras arqueologicas con multiples fuentes geneticas, incluyen materiales como sedimentos, paleofecas, brea de abedul y calculo dental. Sin embargo, si bien los compuestos se han utilizado cada vez mas en la investigacion genetica arqueologica, las consideraciones eticas de su uso en estudios de aADN no se han discutido ampliamente. Aqui consideramos como las composiciones, los contextos y el potencial de los compuestos para actuar como sustitutos pueden afectar los planes de investigacion y ofrecer una vision general de las principales preocupaciones eticas de la investigacion del ADN antiguo. Es la opinion de los autores que los principios eticos establecidos para los analisis de restos humanos y materiales relacionados se pueden utilizar para informar los planes de investigacion cuando se trabaja con evidencia compuesta. Este trabajo ofrece tambien una guia para planificar la investigacion cuando se utiliza evidencia compuesta con un enfoque en la colaboracion, en planes de investigacion claros y uso de metodos de laboratorio que proporcionen los datos deseados con una destruccion minima de la muestra. Seguir los principios descritos en este documento permite participar en la investigacion compuesta sin dejar de lado la creacion y mantencion de relaciones positivas con las partes interesadas.
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