Preface. 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.