MPI-EVA-Archaeogenetics/ethics_statement

Statement of the Ethics Discussion Group at the Department of Archaeogenetics (MPI-SHH/MPI-EVA)

Assessment and Reflection on the Ethical Dimensions of Archaeogenetics Research

• Changelog
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Stakeholders and access to human remains
• Chapter 2: Destructive sampling on archaeological remains
• Chapter 3: Limitations of interpreting genetic data in light of human identity

Upcoming:

• Chapter 4: Results about the human past can have an impact on the human present and future, and must be carefully communicated
• Chapter 5: Many disciplines study the human past, and interactions across disciplines are challenging because they have different intellectual histories, approaches/viewpoints, and terminology
• Chapter 6: Data Sharing, Open Access and Computational Reproducibility

We want to encourage a discussion and would very much appreciate your feedback. Please share your comments, critique and suggestions on our github discussion forum or in an email to Stephan Schiffels and Selina Carlhoff.