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Collaboration, Intervention, Compensation, and Ethics

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Afflictions

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The chapter turns to interpersonal and ethical issues in visual psychological anthropology (VPA), self-reflexively using the Afflictions films as examples. First addressed are models of collaboration with filmmakers, professionals, and local colleagues in the field; next come interactions with and impacts on film participants. The authors question academic and personal outcomes of using VPA; whether or not participation in VPA could be considered “therapeutic”; and how to approach covering long-debated issues of compensation and intervention. The subsequent ethical discussion follows American Anthropological Association guidelines. Topics covered include the expression of these in VPA, and how to adhere to them when conducting research in contexts of violence and trauma; the complexity of obtaining true consent from film participants who are also friends and who may be at times compromised due to mental illness; shifting motivations for participation and the way off-screen relationships impact filmmaking process and final choices made in film.

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Lemelson, R., Tucker, A. (2017). Collaboration, Intervention, Compensation, and Ethics. In: Afflictions. Culture, Mind, and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59984-7_11

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