Coming of Age: Ethics and Biological Anthropology in the 21st Century

Vanessa Campanacho holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield. Her research interests primarily lie in ageing, human osteology, paleopathological analysis, the history of anthropology, and the ethics surrounding the creation and study of anthropological collections.Francisca Alves Cardoso holds a PhD from Durham University. She is a Senior Researcher at CRIA—Center for Research in Anthropology and an Invited Lecturer at NOVA University of Lisbon—School of Social Sciences and Humanities (Portugal). Her primary research interests focus on past social and cultural health and wealth inequalities and ethical issues related to access to and study of human remains.

• Chapter 1: What about ethics in biological anthropology? – Francisca Alves Cardoso and Vanessa Campanacho Section I: Ethical issues in the curation and display of human remainsChapter 2: Human osteology and ethical perspectives on research, curation and display of human remains in Finland – Heli MaijanenChapter 3: Conservation of poorly preserved human remains in US museums: Ethical considerations – Vanessa CampanachoChapter 4: Addressing Improper Curation of Human Remains in Medico-Legal Contexts – Kristy A Winter and M. Elizabeth Dyess Section II: Digital ethics in biological anthropologyChapter 5: Human Remains on Social Media: Education or Exploitation? – Susie JohnsChapter 6: Dissemination of audio-visual material involving human remains – Kristy A Winter, Juan Lopez Restrepo and Pierre Guyomarc’hChapter 7: The fine lines between research and science communication: How far can we go? – Angela Silva-Bessa, Marta Colmenares-Prado and Clara Veiga-RiloChapter 8: A Biodigital Dilemma: Creating and Sharing 3D Models of Unethically Collected Human Remains in the United States – E. Rose Bryson and Valerie B. DeLeonChapter 9: Perceptions on the Study of 3D Replicas of human remains in Biological Anthropology: A Public-Based Survey from the United States – Vanessa Campanacho and Francisca Alves Cardoso Section III: Ethical issues on research and trainingChapter 10: Ethics in interdisciplinary research within the context of traumatic histories and memories – Cláudia R. Plens and Paulo Sergio DelgadoChapter 11: Bioarchaeology, ancient DNA and the respect for the dead: ethical challenges in a South American perspective – Gabriel Frassetto Raimundo and Mercedes OkumuraChapter 12: The Bioethics to be Considered for the Killed in Action Recovery and Identification Project of Korean War Casualties – Hyejin Lee and Dong Hoon ShinChapter 13: Ethical Considerations for Working with Human Remains in Sicily: Case Studies and Professional Approaches – Dario Piombino-Mascali, Johnica J. Winter, Heather Gill-Frerking and Kirsty SquiresChapter 14: The Use of Craniometric Data in Biological Anthropology: Ethical Considerations – Sarah PonirosChapter 15: Historical and Modern Human Dissection Practices for Anatomy Education – Amy C. Beresheim Section IV: Professional issues in biological anthropologyChapter 16: Is sexism a problem in the field of biological anthropology? The first survey conducted in Portugal – Liliana Matias de Carvalho, Sara Simões, Sara Brito, Jacinta Bugalhão, Miguel Rocha, Raquel Gonzaga, Mauro Correia, Regis Barbosa and Sofia N. WasterlainChapter 17: On Professional Ethics: An Insight into the Marginalization of Academic Mothers Post-lockdown – Vanessa CampanachoChapter 18: Conclusion - Ethical discourses in biological anthropology: what does the future hold? – Vanessa Campanacho and Francisca Alves Cardoso