Toward Engaged Anthropology /

Toward Engaged Anthropology / / ed. by Sam Beck, Carl A. Maida.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Acosta, Raúl,
Beck, Sam,
Butler, Udi Mandel,
Eriksen, Thomas Hylland,
Isbell, Billie Jean,
Maida, Carl A.,
McKenna, Brian,
HerausgeberIn:
Beck, Sam,
Maida, Carl A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (178 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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 Contributors
  • Index

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