Jennifer Robertson is professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. The author of numerous articles, her books include, as editor, Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell, 2004); and A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan (Blackwell, 2005). Robertson is the general editor of Colonialisms, a new book series from the University of California Press (www.ucpress.edu/books/COL.ser.html), and is presently completing a book on cultures of Japanese colonialism, eugenics, and humanoid robots.

• 1. Preface - Ethics and Anthropology: Reality Check Jennifer Robertson 2. Bones of Contention: Negotiating Anthropological Ethics within Fields of Ainu Refusal Ann-Elise Lewallen 3. Fraught Fieldsites: Studying Community Decline and Heritage Food Revival in Rural Japan Bridget Love 4. An Ethics for Working Up? Japanese Corporate Scandals and Rethinking Lessons about Fieldwork Elise Edwards 5. Impartial Observation and Partial Participation: Feminist Ethnography in Politically Charged Japan Tomomi Yamaguchi 6. Commentary - New Conversations, New Truths Sabine Frühstück

Jennifer Robertson is professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. The author of numerous articles, her books include, as editor, Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell, 2004); and A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan (Blackwell, 2005). Robertson is the general editor of Colonialisms, a new book series from the University of California Press (www.ucpress.edu/books/COL.ser.html), and is presently completing a book on cultures of Japanese colonialism, eugenics, and humanoid robots.

• 1. Preface - Ethics and Anthropology: Reality Check Jennifer Robertson 2. Bones of Contention: Negotiating Anthropological Ethics within Fields of Ainu Refusal Ann-Elise Lewallen 3. Fraught Fieldsites: Studying Community Decline and Heritage Food Revival in Rural Japan Bridget Love 4. An Ethics for Working Up? Japanese Corporate Scandals and Rethinking Lessons about Fieldwork Elise Edwards 5. Impartial Observation and Partial Participation: Feminist Ethnography in Politically Charged Japan Tomomi Yamaguchi 6. Commentary - New Conversations, New Truths Sabine Frühstück

Jennifer Robertson is professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. The author of numerous articles, her books include, as editor, Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell, 2004); and A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan (Blackwell, 2005). Robertson is the general editor of Colonialisms, a new book series from the University of California Press (www.ucpress.edu/books/COL.ser.html), and is presently completing a book on cultures of Japanese colonialism, eugenics, and humanoid robots.

• 1. Preface - Ethics and Anthropology: Reality Check Jennifer Robertson 2. Bones of Contention: Negotiating Anthropological Ethics within Fields of Ainu Refusal Ann-Elise Lewallen 3. Fraught Fieldsites: Studying Community Decline and Heritage Food Revival in Rural Japan Bridget Love 4. An Ethics for Working Up? Japanese Corporate Scandals and Rethinking Lessons about Fieldwork Elise Edwards 5. Impartial Observation and Partial Participation: Feminist Ethnography in Politically Charged Japan Tomomi Yamaguchi 6. Commentary - New Conversations, New Truths Sabine Frühstück