Video: John Marshall and the Ju'hoansi Tribe

This documentary highlights the consequences of anthropological stuudies and how they can affect those being studies, a responsibility of the anthropologist to consider when conducting research in ethical ways.  The Ju'hoansi Tribe was exploited as a result of Marshall's work, a negative result that illustrates the ethical implications that come with anthropological studies and brings into question the pros/cons of such research depending on who comes across the data.  Marshall never intended for the tribe to be negatively impacted by his research, which resulted in the tourism and employment of the tribe, eroding the cultural advancement of this group of people by Westernization efforts and the disclosure of information that ended up with this readical transformation in the daily life of the tribe.  The hunter/gatherer ways have been abandoned by some for modernized customs, and examples of such transformations are the tribe's distrust of modern medical attention, even for youth, which results negatively for the tribe as well.  These complications must be taken into consideration by anthropologists anywhere, an important lesson that shows how important ehtics really are during research.  This inigenous population's stark shift in culture as a result makes us rethink the methods and motives of research and resulted in the untimely renaissance within "Bushmen" culture.  An interesting article I found on the topic that porvides more details of the faming initiatives and results can be found here.