Data may be misleadingly considered an objective and impartial product. When doing historical research based on data (re)use, applying an ethical perspective becomes essential. Data is neither neutral or objective, nor are our practices for accessing, analyzing, and documenting it. Any discourse on the production of knowledge or on technology that creates and/or manipulates knowledge implies an ethical discourse and (un)conscious decisions. Ethics imply responsibility, as ignoring ethical issues or not taking action means, in many cases, perpetuating the existing biases and inequalities. The need for scholarly exchange in order to navigate the multifaceted and complex dimensions of research ethics was also reflected in the more than 200 registrations for the conference “Data Ethics for Historical Research in a Digital Era”, about which we would like to share our thoughts in this blog post.1
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