Power, Ethics, and Human Rights

Ruth M. Krulfeld is professor of anthropology and international affairs at the George Washington University. Jeffery L. MacDonald is director of program development at the International Refugee Center of Oregon (IRCO) and is president of the society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, a section of the American Anthropological Association.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: Human Rights and ResearchChapter 3 Exploring New Methods for Collaboration in Ethnographic Research: An Attempt at Overcoming Exploitation and Violation of Informant RightsChapter 4 Whose Lives, Whose Work? Struggling Along the Subject-Colleague ContinuumChapter 5 The Testimonio Method in Refugee Research: Bringing Together Advocacy and Feminism in an Ethnographic Encounter with Q'eqchi' amd K'iche' WomenPart 6 Part II: Who has the Right to Present and RepresentChapter 7 "We are the Experts:" a Case of Iu-Mien (Yao) Refugees Asserting Their Rights as Scholars of Their Own CultureChapter 8 Towards an Heterology of PowerPart 9 Part III: Human Rights and PraxisChapter 10 Applied Anthropology, Funding Agencies, and the Human and Cultural Rights of Ethnic Communities,

Krulfeld and MacDonald have edited a book of excellent chapters by well-respected anthropologists in refugee studies. The strong focus on community participation and empowerment in refugee research questions the ethics of researchers who study or create programs for about refugees without their input. Social science researchers, clinicians, program evaluators and their students will find the book a very good read. Rich and moving descriptive data are integrated with the authors' own experiences, enlightening readers to personal and ethical dilemmas in refugee work, yet maintaining a scholarly base...