Toward engaged anthropology / edited by Sam Beck, Carl A. Maida.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beck, Sam, editor.

Malda, Carl A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Methodology.

Anthropology.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology--Fieldwork.

Participant observation.

Applied anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By working with underserved communities, anthropologists may play a larger role in democratizing society. The growth of disparities challenges anthropology to be used for social justice. This engaged stance moves the application of anthropological theory, methods, and practice toward action and activism. However, this engagement also moves anthropologists away from traditional roles of observation toward participatory roles that become increasingly involved with those communities or social groupings being studied. The chapters in this book suggest the roles anthropologists are able to play

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Toward Engaged Anthropology; Expert and Lay Knowledge in Pacoima: Public Anthropology and an Essential Tension in Community-based Participatory Action Research; Norwegian Anthropologists Study Minorities at Home: Political and Academic Agendas; Dow Chemical's Knowledge Factories: Action Anthropology against Michigan's Company Town Culture; Producing Knowledge for Public Use: New Challenges in the U.S. Academy; Notes on a Dialogical Anthropology; Mapping Solidarity: How Public Anthropology Provides Guidelines for Advocacy Networks; Lessons from Vicos

Notes on ContributorsIndex

Notes:

Originally published as two special issues of Anthropology in action, volume 16, issues 2-3.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782380375

178238037X

OCLC:

871775465