Announcements
Extension for the receipt of proposals
The invited coordinators, in agreement with the editors of Estudios de Antropología Biológica, have decided to extend the deadline for submission of the monograph: Bioethics and Biological Anthropology until April 30, 2024. We encourage you to submit your manuscript even before April 30, 2024 and thank those who have already done so.
All papers must be submitted for review digitally through the Open Journal System of the journal Estudios de Antropología Biológica and must comply with the established guidelines, which can be consulted at: https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/eab/about/submissions
To be considered for the special issue, the manuscript must be submitted before April 30, 2024.
We ask that submissions indicate in the submission that the manuscript should be considered for the monograph: Bioethics and Biological Anthropology. Manuscripts should follow the author guidelines and manuscript format for Estudios de Antropología Biológica. To discuss a possible submission, please feel free to contact any of the special issue coordinators.
MONOGRAPHIC: Bioethics and Biological Anthropology
Deadline for receipt of articles: April 30, 2024
Publication date: July-December 2024
Contact details for guest coordinators:
Arodi Farrera, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
ORCID: 0000-0001-9751-9906
Alizé Lacoste Jeanson, Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
ORCID: 0000-0002-2909-9505
Bernardo Yáñez, Dirección de Antropología Física, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
ORCID: 0000-0003-2459-0474
The next monographic issue: Bioethics and Biological Anthropology, may also include those articles received from different areas of interest for the journal Estudios de Antropología Biológica in the miscellaneous section.
We remind you that Estudios de Antropología Biológica is an open access, double blind peer-reviewed journal that is open throughout the year for the reception of: research articles, reviews, postgraduate thesis abstracts and notes (technical or obituary). Accepted articles are published biannually.
Subject
The research and practice of biological anthropology play a crucial role in the understanding of human populations and their biocultural diversity. In this context, it is essential to foster discussions and reflect on the most appropriate way to conduct ourselves in order to ensure dignified and respectful treatment of the people, animals and materials with which we interact in the exercise of our professional work. In particular, in the face of continuous technological and ecological change, and the socio-economic context of Latin America, which accentuate asymmetries and favor social hierarchies, it seems of utmost importance to encourage bioethical reflection in biological anthropology from a non-colonialist perspective.
In recent decades, several countries have disseminated bioethical guidelines that provide guidance on expected behavior in research, teaching and application of biological anthropology in the study of the biocultural diversity of human populations, both past and present. Examples include the codes of ethics of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, and the Asociación de Antropología Biológica Argentina. However, given the diversification of study topics in our discipline, these bioethical guidelines are insufficient to address the particular cases we face on a daily basis.
Constant reflection is necessary to keep these bioethical guidelines updated, adapt, complement or expand them in response to current challenges. This monograph calls for research and reflection on emerging bioethical issues in research, teaching and practice of biological anthropology, and their evolution in recent years, while taking into account social asymmetries and respect for human autonomy.
Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Bioethical reflections on professional practice in biological anthropology.
- Bioethical challenges in the elicitation, processing, interpretation, and dissemination of knowledge in our discipline.
- Bioethics in the teaching of biological anthropology.
- Bioethical implications of emerging technologies in biological anthropology.
- Bioethical dilemmas surrounding interaction with people, animals and materials in the contexts of both our professional and socio-economic practice.
