40th Annual Visiting Lecture Series
“Ethics in Anthropology”
Current Trends in Anthropology (ANTH 357, 450, 457, 550)
Professor Dawnie Steadman (osteo@utk.edu)
This is a seminar course designed to introduce the student to scholarly speakers from around the world and is centered upon a broad thematic platform. This year the theme is “Ethics in Anthropology.” General topics will include ethical issues in all four major themes of anthropology – linguistics, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology and archaeology. While by no means comprehensive, the speakers in the course will cover topics of broad interest for pre-professionals in anthropology, including bioethics, the ethics of working with children and animals, and reporting of ethical violations. The speakers will discuss ethical concerns that arise both in the general workplace (e.g. university setting, CRM firm) as well as in various field settings.
Schedule
| Date | Lecturer | Topic | Time and Location |
| Sept 9 | Dr. Lise Dobrin, Chair of AAA Ethics Committee | Anthropological Ethics: Are We So Different? | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Sept 10 | Dr. Lise Dobrin, Chair of AAA Ethics Committee | Professional Ethics Codes: Where Do They Come From? What Are They Good For? | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Oct 7 | Dr. Trudy Turner, Dept of Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee | Ethics of Collecting-Data, Materials and Information | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Oct 8 | Dr. Trudy Turner, Dept of Anthropology, UW-Milwaukee | Bioethics and biological anthropology – Current issues | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Oct 14 | Dr. Richard Chacon, Dept. of Anthropology, Winthrop University | To Report or Not to Report? Amerindian Environmental Degradation and Warfare | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Oct 15 | Dr. Richard Chacon, Dept. of Anthropology, Winthrop University | Cotacachi and Otavalo Indian ritual violence: Inti Raymi Fiesta of highland Ecuador | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Oct 22 | Dr. Leslie Aiello, President Wenner-Gren Foundation | TBA | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Oct 23 | Dr. Leslie Aiello, President Wenner-Gren Foundation | TBA | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Oct 28 | Dr. Larry Zimmerman, Dept. of Anthropology, IUPUI | Grave Matters: Archaeological Ethics and Disputing the Dead | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Oct 29 | Dr. Larry Zimmerman, Dept. of Anthropology, IUPUI | Archaeology, Ethics, and Challenging Common Narratives about Homelessness | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Nov 5 | Dr. Max Houck | The Role of Ethics in Forensic Science | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Nov 6 | Dr. Max Houck | What do Ethics have to do with working Forensic Cases: An Interactive Perspective | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Nov 11 | Dr. Linda Whiteford, Dept. of Anthropology, University of South Florida | Anthropology and Disaster Ethics | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Nov 12 | Dr. Linda Whiteford, Dept. of Anthropology, University of South Florida | Why are people so darn difficult? | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Nov 18 | Dr. Anastasia Papathanasiou, Ephorate of Paleoanthropology and Speleology, Greek Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece | Ethical issues in archaeological and anthropological work in Greece | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Nov 19 | Dr. Anastasia Papathanasiou, Ephorate of Paleoanthropology and Speleology, Greek Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece | Archaeological and anthropological work in Greece | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |
| Dec 2 | Dr. Lindsay Smith, Dept. of Anthropology, University of New Mexico | Engaged Ethics: Participant Observation as Ethical Praxis in Human Rights | 9am Arts and Architecture 111 |
| Dec 3 | Dr. Lindsay Smith, Dept. of Anthropology, University of New Mexico | Embedding Ethics in Social Life: anthropology and human rights in Latin America | 3:40 pm McClung 63 |