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• ISBN: 9781845203559 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 1845203550 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 9781845203542 (cloth)
• ISBN: 1845203542 (cloth)
• Physical Description: vii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Edition: English ed.
• Publisher: Oxford, UK ; Berg, 2009.

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What Anthropologists Do

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Acknowledgements	p. ix
	Introduction	p. 1
	What Do Anthropologists Do?	p. 1
	Employing Anthropology	p. 4
	Conducting Research	p. 5
1	Anthropology and Advocacy	p. 9
	Balancing Acts	p. 9
	Facilitating Cross-cultural Communication	p. 12
	Defending Livelihoods and Knowledge	p. 14
	Human Rights	p. 17
	Land Rights	p. 18
	Participatory Action	p. 21
2	Anthropology and Aid	p. 26
	Crossing Boundaries	p. 26
	Aid and Ambiguity	p. 27
	NGO-graphy	p. 30
	Assisting Aid	p. 32
	Dealing with Displacement	p. 33
	Understanding Race and Racism	p. 34
3	Anthropology and Development	p. 37
	Critiquing Development	p. 37
	In Development	p. 40
	Connecting Multiple Realities	p. 43
	Conserving Cultural Diversity	p. 50
	Globalization	p. 53
4	Anthropology and the Environment	p. 58
	'Environmental' Problems	p. 58
	Indigenous Knowledges	p. 62
	Political Ecology	p. 63
	Unpacking Garbage	p. 66
	Human-Animal Relations	p. 67
	Anthropology and Environmentalism	p. 70
5	Anthropology and Governance	p. 76
	The Big Picture	p. 76
	The Not So Big Picture	p. 81
	Home Work	p. 84
	Prescription and Persuasion	p. 85
	Education	p. 88
6	Anthropology, Business and Industry	p. 93
	Money Matters	p. 93
	Anthropologists in Business	p. 99
	Multinational and Multicultural Communication	p. 103
	Anthropology and Communications Media	p. 106
	Marketing Anthropology	p. 109
	Designing Anthropology	p. 112
7	Anthropology and Health	p. 116
	Health in a Cultural Context	p. 116
	From the Cradle to the Grave	p. 118
	Food and Lifestyle	p. 124
	Understanding Disease	p. 129
	Drug Cultures and Crime	p. 130
	Managing Health	p. 135
8	Anthropology, Art and Identity	p. 138
	Defining Identity	p. 138
	Gender and Sexuality	p. 139
	Race, Nationalism and Social Movements	p. 141
	Representing Identity	p. 143
	Art and Performance	p. 145
	Museums and Cultural Heritage	p. 151
	Film and Photography	p. 154
	Conclusion	p. 157
	Applying Anthropology	p. 157
	Interdisciplinary Anthropology	p. 158
	Transferring Anthropology	p. 159
	What Kind of People Become Anthropologists?	p. 162
Appendix 1	Studying Anthropology	p. 164
Appendix 2	Further Reading	p. 166
Appendix 3	Other Resources	p. 173
	Glossary	p. 176
	Notes	p. 178
	Bibliography	p. 181
	Index	p. 204

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