Engaged Anthropology : Politics beyond the Text / Stuart Kirsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirsch, Stuart, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral industries--Environmental aspects--Papua New Guinea.

Mineral industries.

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc--Papua New Guinea.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Papua New Guinea.

Public anthropology--Papua New Guinea.

Public anthropology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Does anthropology have more to offer than just its texts? In this timely and remarkable book, Stuart Kirsch shows how anthropology can-and why it should-become more engaged with the problems of the world. Engaged Anthropology draws on the author's experiences working with indigenous peoples fighting for their environment, land rights, and political sovereignty. Including both short interventions and collaborations spanning decades, it recounts interactions with lawyers and courts, nongovernmental organizations, scientific experts, and transnational corporations. This unflinchingly honest account addresses the unexamined "backstage" of engaged anthropology. Coming at a time when some question the viability of the discipline, the message of this powerful and original work is especially welcome, as it not only promotes a new way of doing anthropology, but also compellingly articulates a new rationale for why anthropology matters.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One. How Political Commitments Infl uence Research

Two. When Contributions Are Elusive

Three. The Search for Alternative Outcomes

Four. When the Intervention Fails, Does the Research Still Matter?

Five. How Analysis of Local Contexts Can Have Global Significance

Six. The Risks of Intervention

Seven. Dilemmas of an Expert Witness

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780520970090

0520970098

OCLC:

1006517244