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Re: Quoting. As an anthropologist myself, I'm sure Annette knows the importance of both confidentiality and consent. For those of you who are not familiar with anthropological research, I'll explain. First of all, here in the States, if I propose to do any research that involves human beings, I must submit a proposal to the IRB (Internal Review Board). In my case, it's the IRB at my university. (The IRB consists of professional people whose job it is to see that no one in the project will be at more risk than if they walked to the grocery store or something.) If I worked at a hospital or research center, the same procedure would apply. In any case, my proposal would spell out every detail of my research. It also would include a copy of the consent form I'd be using. The consent form is something every person with whom I personally work must sign. The consent form explains who I am and exactly what I'm doing. It explains that whatever the signer tells me will be held in strictest confidence--unless the signer asks (in writing, also on the form) to be mentioned by name. The purpose of the consent form is to protect everyone: the signer, the researcher, and the institution for which the researcher works (if any). If I tell people on this list that I'm thinking about doing a project on this or that, no problem. If I tell you that I'm definitely going to do a project on this or that and I want you to participate, I need to have consent forms signed if you elect to do so. I might be able to have the IRB approve e-mailed consent. Anyway, I teach anthropology students this whole process. It is tedious and a pain, but in the end, it's best for everyone. Scott P.S. Many anthropologists *never* mention any participant in the project by name, just as a matter of standard procedure. (They make up names for the people.) I do use peoples' real names, whenever they ask me to--and in my case, most people tell me things like, "Be sure to say who said this." I'm happy to do so, but I'm also obligated to protect the identities of those who don't want to have their names used. At 06:48 AM 11/24/2005, you wrote: >I think there are both intellectual property issues and netiquette issues >to consider. >When Barbara Blake-Krebs and I wrote the book "When Parkinson's Strikes >Early" (2001), which included excerpts from parkinsn list postings by a >number of listmembers - our publisher required that we request and receive >written permission to use any quoted text from the person who wrote it. >Almost everyone willingly gave their permission, but a few people, for >whatever reason, did not want their words and thoughts originally meant >for other listmembers to be published, and we respected their wishes.We >also sought and received the permission of the list owners Barbara >Patterson and John Cottingham. >It is not so much a matter of privacy anymore, since these days all of our >postings are accessible to anyone on the Web, but still, i think it is a >good practice to ask people first, if their postings are to be used in >another format, such as a book or article. >Annette, I will be glad to send the you language we used for the permssion >forms, if you'd like. >Linda Herman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn