Ethics & Issues: Wrap-up
Over the last couple of weeks, the team here at Emerging Civil War has dug into some of the ethical dilemmas that come with writing about Civil War history.
Across 14 posts and two podcasts, we’ve explored issues ranging from the questions that come with transcribing letters, to the challenges of separating ethics and legality.
And throughout, you (the readers!) have joined that conversation with lively discourse in the comments section.
You can find all of the posts in the series here, as well as listed below:
Introduction – Chris Mackowski
Teaching Uncomfortable Issues – Samuel Flowers
Ethics and Issues Studying the Naval Civil War – Neil Chatelain
Podcast: The Ethics of Responsible Civil War History – Chris Mackowski with John R. Heckman and Jonathan Noyalas
A Profession Bound by Truth – Joseph Ricci
The Issue of Transcription and Editing – Tonya McQuade
To Speak or Not to Speak: What’s the Best Way to Protect Battlefields? – Chris Mackowski
The Risk of “Self-Censorship” – Kevin Donovan
Ethical Issues at Haunted Civil War Sites – Madeline Feierstein
Where “Must” Meets “Should”: The Difference Between What Is Legal and What Is Ethical – Kevin Donovan
Podcast: Gettysburg: The Elephant in the Room – Chris Mackowski with Kris White
Ethics and Issues Surrounding Emerging Civil War Guest Writing – Neil Chatelain
Coming to Terms with My Civil War Era Family History – Neil Chatelain
Challenges Confronted by a Young Historian – Evan Portman
Podcast: Gettysburg, the Elephant in the (Reading) Room – Chris Mackowski with Ted Savas
History vs Content Creation – Chris Mackowski
Civil War Monuments and the Four-Way Test – Chris Mackowski
