NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNITIES - THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF RESEARCH

Anthropological field research involves unique circumstances in which professional social scientists work with local communities. The relati onships between researchers and communities are negotiated on a contin uing basis, whether for short-term, or long-term projects. The article s appearing in this special section of Human Organization focus on how changing relationships between scholars and communities demand that w e sharpen our awareness of ethical precepts - and honor them - in the context of applied anthropology.