Concerning data sharing in biological anthropology

作者：Jennifer K. Wagner · 发表于：American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1002/ajpa.24074 · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Ethics in Clinical Research、Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications、Race, Genetics, and Society

The AAPA ad hoc committee on data access and data sharing, co-chaired by Trudy Turner and Connie Mulligan, deserves recognition for addressing the challenges and opportunities before the field of biological anthropology and for hosting the NSF-funded workshop on this important topic. Unfortunately, the resulting “guiding principles and best practices” (Turner & Mulligan, 2019) published on July 31, 2019 are a disappointment to me, and I worry that—rather than viewing them as a preliminary draft upon which we must all diligently develop and refine together in the years ahead—the points raised will be either accepted or dismissed without careful consideration. I appreciate the difficulty with which finding consensus among 40 participants can be. Reporting points of consensus among workshop participants is of value to the field, even if we are not yet privy to the nuances or depth of the conversations that I presume occurred at the workshop. This specific observation, however, leads me to multiple critiques of the published guidance. First and foremost, it is unfortunate and somewhat ironic that this guidance for the field on “access” and “sharing” is locked behind a journal paywall, thereby limiting the reach of its substantive messages and seemingly contradicting the very sentiment expressed as the workshop's purpose: “to increase and normalize” sharing behaviors among biological anthropologists.1 Similarly, precisely because nuance of conversation cannot be easily summarized ...