Applied anthropology in Canada : understanding Aboriginal issues / Edward J. Hedican.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedican, Edward J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Canada.

Indians of North America.

Applied anthropology--Canada.

Applied anthropology.

Applied anthropology--Research--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this second edition of a classic in the field, Edward Hedican takes stock of anthropology's research on current indigenous affairs and offers an up-to-date assessment of Aboriginal issues in Canada from the perspective of applied anthropology. In this central thesis Hedican underlines the opportunity of anthropology to make a significant impact on the way Aboriginal issues are studied, perceived, and interpreted in Canada. He contends that anthropologists must stop lingering on the periphery of debates concerning land claims and race relations and become more actively committed to the public good. His study ranges over such challenging topics as advocacy roles in Aboriginal studies, the ethics of applied research, policy issues in community development, the political context of the self-government debate, and the dilemma of Aboriginal status and identity in Canada" "This book is an impassioned call for a revitalized anthropology - one more directly attuned to the practical problems faced by First Nations peoples. Hedican's focus on Aboriginal issues gives his work a strong contemporary relevance that bridges the scholarly and the public spheres."--Jacket.

Contents:

Anthropology and Aboriginal studies

Research strategies: advocacy in anthropology

The controversial side of applied anthropology: notes from Northern Ontario

Aboriginal policy issues: anthropological perspectives

Development in aboriginal communities: economic strategies and policies

The political context of aboriginal issues: the self-government and institutional structures

The ethnopolitics of Aboriginal status and identity

Applied anthropology: challenges for today and tomorrow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-286) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9781442693180

1442693185

9780802076144

0802076149

9781442687356

1442687355

OCLC:

647922040