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Slide showing the CAREFUL principles, explaining the acronym in English. On the left, the initial letters, then an icon, then an explanatory text: Title line: Be CAREFUL Subtitle: when dealing with research that may be ideologically compromised List: C - magnifying glass - Contextualization. Place all sources, objects, and data within their proper historical, political, and ideological context. Avoid dehistoricized use. A - yellow triangle with exclamation mark - Awareness. Be alert to the origins and potential misuse of materials - is it shaped by fascist or racist ideology? R - handshake - Responsibility. Take active responsibility for the ethical handling and communication of ideologically sensitive research. E - Scales - Ethics. Apply strict ethical standards - especially when dealing with human remains, racialized data, or victim narratives. F - Microscope - Factual Rigor. Maintain scholarly integrity; examine biased assumptions or inherited classifications critically. U - Brain - Understanding. Deepen the historical and disciplinary understanding of how academia can be influenced by ideology. L - Heart - Legacy Sensitivity. Acknowledge the lasting impact of research materials on individuals, communities, and contemporary discourse.

The magic of acronyms. Part 3: CAREFUL

In the first two parts of this series, I discussed two well-established and widely used sets of principles for contemporary scientific work: FAIR and CARE. I showed how condensing them […]

Dark textbox with rounded corners displaying in mint green letters the Acronym CARE, below each capital letter in white the explanation: C for Collective Benefit, A for Authority to Control, R for Responsibility, E for Ethics. The textbox is bordered to the left and above by a geometric pattern.

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The magic of acronyms. Part 2: CARE

This blog post is part of a series. Part 1 can be found here: https://winoda.de/en/2025/08/13/the-magic-of-acronyms-part-1-fair/ Another acronym that is often mentioned in the same breath as FAIR data is CARE.

Graphic of the FAIR data Principles. The acronym is written out in full in the first line, with a magnifying glass for Findable, a hand placing a finger on a dot for Accessible, cogwheels for Interoperable and the recycling symbol for Reusable as symbols below it

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The magic of acronyms. Part 1: FAIR

Do you recognize this?You read something and then you think something else because of that, and this Something is so banal, so self-evident, so obvious – and then you want

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The many forms of knowledge transfer

The communication of knowledge requires different forms for different formats – so far, so good. For the Research Data Day, for example, we developed the Data Clues. This was a