Anthropologists have struggled with the issue of how to “give back” to the people who have welcomed us, collaborated with us, and become our friends. Expert witnessing for the asylum cases of members of communities that have opened their doors to us is one way of addressing uneven relationships and power dynamics. I provide expertise for cases almost exclusively from a place where I have worked for decades in Guatemala, a site of intensive migration. This contribution discusses the convergence of research and asylum claims, the donations to a scholarship fund I request as compensation, and the realm of the everyday in the construction of legal narratives.

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关于见证、支持和合作：关于专业知识、知识生产和薪酬伦理的思考

人类学家一直在努力解决如何“回馈”那些欢迎我们、与我们合作并成为我们朋友的人的问题。为向我们敞开大门的社区成员的庇护案件进行专家见证是解决不平衡关系和权力动态的一种方式。我为案例提供的专业知识几乎完全来自我在危地马拉工作了几十年的地方，这是一个密集的移民地点。这篇文章讨论了研究和庇护申请的融合、我要求作为补偿的奖学金基金的捐款，以及构建法律叙事的日常领域。