Toward engaged Anthropology

Toward engaged Anthropology /

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 acti...

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Other Authors: Beck, Sam (Editor), Maida, Carl A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Subjects:
Anthropology > Methodology.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Anthropology > Fieldwork.
Participant observation.
Applied anthropology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Anthropology > Fieldwork
Anthropology > Methodology
Anthropology > Philosophy
Applied anthropology
Participant observation
Kulturanthropologie
Feldforschung
Teilnehmende Beobachtung
Angewandte Wissenschaften
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Toward engaged public anthropology / Sam Beck and Carl A. Maida
  • Expert and lay knowledge in Pacoima : public anthropology and essential tension in community-based participatory action research / Carl A. Maida
  • Norwegian anthropologists study minorities at home : political and academic agendas / Thomas Hylland-Eriksen
  • Dow Chemical's knowledge factories : action anthropology against Michigan's company town culture / Brian McKenna
  • Producing knowledge for public use : new challenges in the U.S. Academy / Judith Goode
  • Notes on a dialogical anthropology / Udi Mandel Butler
  • Mapping solidarity : how public anthropology provides guidelines for advocacy networks / Raúl Acosta
  • Lessons from Vicos / Billie Jean Isbell.

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