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Anthropologists wanted : why organizations need anthropology / Laurens Bakker, Masja Cohen en Walter Faaij ; translation: Vivien Collingwood.
Penn Museum Library GN41.8 .B168 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bakker, Laurens Gerrit Hendrik, 1974- Author.
- Cohen, Masja, author.
- Faaij, Walter, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Antropoloog gezocht. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Vocational guidance.
- Anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 181 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. What is anthropology?
- Why anthropology?
- Participant observation
- Structuralism and relativism
- Context and holism
- Ethnography
- Academic and applied, reflective and engaged
- Applied anthropology
- ...And what's the salary?
- Interlude with Corina Enache
- Interlude with Anneke Beerkens
- Interlude with Emma Ratia
- 2. `What can I do with an anthropology degree?'
- As an undergraduate student, how can I prepare for the job market?
- What is the added value of a master's degree in the job market?
- What distinguishes anthropologists from other social scientists? "
- Why would an employer want to hire an anthropologist?
- How can I `translate' my discipline for employers?
- How do I land my first job?
- Interlude with Lianne Quax
- Interlude with Rita Ouedraogo
- Interlude with Sam van Vliet
- 3. Academic anthropology: working at a university
- Getting a doctorate
- A postdoctoral position
- Interlude with Bart Barendregt
- Interlude with Naomi van Stapele
- Interlude with Loes Berendsen
- 4. Unique skills of an anthropologist
- Ordering chaos
- Seeing the invisible
- Understanding the internal logic
- Discovering patterns
- Guiding change
- Telling persuasive stories
- Enriching decision-making
- Interlude with Olof van der Gaag
- Interlude with Mark Middel
- Interlude with Michelle Steggerda
- 5. Branding anthropology
- Framing: anthropologists as fixers of human issues
- Power: own your rank!
- Language: multilingual, strategic and playful
- Tempo: faster and with the beat
- Nuance: strength and weakness
- Ethics: pragmatic, bold and brave
- Change: to describe and to create
- Always underline you are an anthropologist
- Interlude with Martin Ortlieb
- 6. Anthropologists, employers and the job market
- Anthropologists on starting out
- Anthropologists on their career paths
- Professional fields: where anthropologists work
- Trends and developments
- Employers on anthropologists
- Employer tips for anthropologists
- Tips from working anthropologists
- Interview with Frans Lustermans
- Interview with Lilian Swart-Eekhout
- Interview with Meino Zandwijk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-181).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9463722262
- 9789463722261
- OCLC:
- 1252850362
- Publisher Number:
- 99992199923
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