Greencastle, Ind. — You're invited to attend a day-long symposium at DePauw University, "Ethics and Community-Based Fieldwork: Sharing Lessons Learned and Good Practices," which will take place on Tuesday, April 21 from 12:45 to 5 p.m. Guest speakers and members of the DePauw University will make presentations at the event in the Watson Forum of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media.

"This symposium explores the ethics of community-based fieldwork, in the context of collaborative research or other forms of community engagement," says Julie Hollowell, Nancy Schaenen Visiting Scholar at DePauw's Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics. "Participants from diverse backgrounds will share lessons learned from their own on-the-ground experiences, whether the 'field' is an Aboriginal Australian community or a major U. S. city, focusing on the principles and processes that tend to make for good practice in community-based fieldwork."

Participants will include:

• Stephen Loring of the Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution ("Community-Based Fieldwork with the Innu of Labrador: Lessons from Thirty Years of Collaboration")
• Catherine Bell, University of Alberta Faculty of Law ("Decolonizing Research Methods: Lessons From The First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law Project")
• Jane Anderson, Institute for Law and Society at New York University and World Intellectual Property Organization ("Ethical Dilemmas in Developing Community-Based Guidelines for the Protection of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge")
• Bob Hershberger, associate professor of modern languages and Tenzer Family University Professor in Instructional Technology at DePauw ("Ethical Considerations in Engaging in Solidarity with International Service Projects")
• Sarah Ryan, director, Hartman House for Civic Engagement and the Bonner Scholars Program at DePauw ("A Community-Based Research Network: Connecting Students, Faculty, Staff, Community, and Policy")

The program will conclude with a panel discussion in which DePauw students will discuss on ethics issues from their own experiences in the field.

The event is presented by the Prindle Institute for Ethics and its Nancy Schaenan Visiting Scholar Fund in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage Project: Theory, Practice, Policy, Ethics.

Learn more about the symposium here.