Abstract Over the last years, debates on research ethics – and the way the ethicality of ethnographic research is assessed by institutional boards and committees – have flourished in national and international anthropology. This article discusses the state of the debate in Germany where ethical review boards have remained so far largely absent in regard to anthropological research and where the commitment to ‘act ethically’ during fieldwork (and beyond) remains largely voluntary. By drawing on ethnographic fieldwork on HIV / AIDS and social relations in Tanzania, I highlight that medical anthropologists may face particular ethical challenges in their work, due to the often close relationship of their research with human suffering. Furthermore, however, I argue that the sub-discipline can raise important questions concerning the potential institutionalization of ethical review processes in anthropology in Germany and the pitfalls that should be avoided with regard to the ‘fetishization’ of certain ethical ...

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伦理学、认识论和民族志：在德国需要对伦理审查过程进行人类学辩论

摘要 在过去的几年里，关于研究伦理——以及机构委员会和委员会评估民族志研究伦理的方式——的辩论在国家和国际人类学中蓬勃发展。本文讨论了德国的辩论状态，迄今为止，伦理审查委员会在人类学研究方面仍然基本缺席，并且在田野工作（及以后）期间对“道德行为”的承诺仍然主要是自愿的。通过利用坦桑尼亚关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病和社会关系的民族志实地调查，我强调医学人类学家在他们的工作中可能面临特殊的伦理挑战，因为他们的研究往往与人类痛苦密切相关。此外，然而，