Anthropology put to work / edited by Les W. Field and Richard G. Fox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Field, Les W.

Fox, Richard G. (Richard Gabriel), 1939-

Series:

Wenner-Gren international series

Wenner-Gren international symposium series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Applied anthropology.

Physical Description:

xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.

Summary:

How do anthropologists work today and how will they work in future? While some anthropologists have recently called for a new "public" or "engaged" anthropology, profound changes have already occurred, leading to new kinds of work for a large number of anthropologists. The image of anthropologists "reaching out" from protected academic positions to a vaguely defined "public" is out of touch with the working conditions of these anthropologists, especially those junior and untenured.

The papers in this volume show that anthropology is put to work in diverse ways today. They indicate that the new conditions of anthropological work require significant departures from canonical principles of cultural anthropology, such as replacing ethnographic rapport with multiple forms of collaboration. This volume's goal is to help graduate students and early-career scholars accept these changes without feeling something essential to anthropology has been lost. There really is no other choice for most young anthropologists.

Contents:

Participants in the Wenner-Gren Symposium xi

Introduction: How Does Anthropology Work Today? / Les W. Field, Richard G. Fox 1

1 Anthropological Collaborations in Colombia / Joanne Rappaport 21

2 Gray Spaces and Endless Negotiations: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights / Mercedes Doretti, Jennifer Burrell 45

3 Collaborating to Meet the Goals of a Native Sovereign Nation: The Tule River Tribal History Project / Gelya Frank 65

4 Doing Cultural Anthropology and Disability Studies in Rehabilitation Training and Research Contexts / Pamela Block 85

5 In Praise of "Reckless Minds": Making a Case for Activist Anthropology / Charles R. Hale 103

6 What Do Indicators Indicate? Reflections on the Trials and Tribulations of Using Food Aid to Promote Development in Haiti / Drexel G. Woodson 129

7 Working Anthropology: A View from the Women's Research Arena / Linda Basch 149

8 Potential Collaborations and Disjunctures in Australian Work Sites: An Experiential Rendering / Sandy Toussaint 161

9 The Dilemmas of "Working" Anthropology in Twenty-first-Century India / Nandini Sundar 181

10 Ethnographic Alchemy: Perspectives on Anthropological Work from Northern Madagascar / Andrew Walsh 201

11 Reflections on the Symposium / Douglas E. Foley 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-251) and index.

ISBN:

1845206002

1845206010

9781845206000

9781845206017

OCLC:

84838599

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