INFORMANTS ANONYMOUS (IA)

Jonathan M. Schwartz

doi:10.37620/EAZ0970065sh

INFORMANTS ANONYMOUS (IA)

Authors

Jonathan M. Schwartz University of Copenhagen Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37620/EAZ0970065sh

Keywords:

informants, anonymity, anthropology, fieldwork

Abstract

Jonathan Schwartz is dealing with the problem of anonymity in anthropological research asking: why is the falsification imperative so important in anthropological “ethics”? Anonymity is considered as a norm in the contemporary anthropological research when disguising the true identity of informants is practiced even when there is no obvious reason for it.