Ethics

  • I was recently invited to write a post for the LSE Citing Africa podcast/blog series and am reposting below the final version of the post that originally appeared here. I want to also point your attention to the fast approaching deadline for ASAA call for individual papers and panels (closes on May 30th and June 15th, respectively)! As…

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  • First posted in 2017, during my PhD research at UC Irvine on heavily researched populations. Lightly revised in June 2026 for reposting. Willoughby-Herard (2015) writes about why she decided not to write about and research black South African women, despite attempts by South African archivists to redirect her toward them. She states: “We do not…

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