Artifacts

Here I sit, at my best friends apartment.  I am surrounded by geek stuff.  When actually studying culture these items get called artifacts, when I am not playing the role of researcher I call them entertainment, or memories, or equipment.  People do not think about the things that they use on a daily basis as artifacts, those who died thousands of years ago did not think of their items as artifacts either, but now that is all they are known as.  In some ways I feel we take out the personal in research, on many levels research fails when the personal is left in, but when we completely take out the personal what is left?

In one class I asked how other would feel about their ancestors being dug up for research, one classmate actually responded with "My family is of no value to science" he went on to say Native Americans just need to get over 'it'.  He had clearly removed too much of the self from research, one needs to think what if it were me that is being researched, how would I feel.  It is people who have completely removed the self from research, that did not think of those being research as people just like them that has caused Native Americans to be so strong against researchers.

Researchers need to be in balance with their subjects, people or otherwise.

Sometimes I wonder/BDSM

Do I enjoy pain because I feel it all the time, and therefore need to either learn to love it or go insane?
Do I enjoy switch partners because I cannot fully access my dom or sub side without a second person?