Challenges of research ethics: an introduction / Bente Gullveig Alver and Ørjar Øyen -- On the problem of truth in ethnographic texts and entextualisation processes / Margaret A. Mills -- Crossroads: sketching ethical problems of culture and ageing / Sinikka Vakimo -- Research in the minefield of privacy and intimacy: the problems of consent / Tove Ingebørg Fjell -- Folklore archives, heritage politics and ethical dilemmas: notes on writing and printing / Barbro Klein -- The generalised other: cultural relativism and ethics in research on ethnic minorities / Line Alice Ytrehus -- Persuasion or coercion? Striving for understanding in conducting open interviews / Armi Pekkala -- Dialogue as ethical conduct: the folk festival that was not / Galit Hasan-Rokem -- Value considerations in folkloristic research ethics / Judy Rangnes