What anthropologists do / Veronica Strang ; illustrations by Blue Powell.
Record details
- 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.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-203) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What do anthropologists do? -- Employing anthropology -- Conducting research -- 1: Anthropology And Advocacy -- Balancing acts -- Facilitating cross-cultural communication -- Defending livelihoods and knowledge -- Human rights -- Land rights -- Participatory action -- 2: Anthropology And Aid -- Crossing boundaries -- Aid and ambiguity -- NGO-graphy -- Assisting aid -- Dealing with displacement -- Understanding race and racism -- 3: Anthropology And Development -- Critiquing development -- In development -- Connecting multiple realities -- Conserving cultural diversity -- Globalization -- 4: Anthropology And The Environment -- Environmental problems -- Indigenous knowledges -- Political ecology -- Unpacking garbage -- Human-animal relations -- Anthropology and environmentalism -- 5: Anthropology And Governance -- Big picture -- Not so big picture -- Home work -- Prescription and persuasion -- Education -- 6: Anthropology, Business And Industry -- Money matters -- Anthropologists in business -- Multinational and multicultural communication -- Anthropology and communications media -- Marketing anthropology -- Designing anthropology -- 7: Anthropology And Health -- Health in a cultural context -- From the cradle to the grave -- Food and lifestyle -- Understanding disease -- Drug cultures and crime -- Managing health -- 8: Anthropology, Art And Identity -- Defining identity -- Gender and sexuality -- Race, nationalism and social movements -- Representing identity -- Art and performance -- Museums and cultural heritage -- Film and photography -- Conclusion -- Applying anthropology -- Interdisciplinary anthropology -- Transferring anthropology -- What kind of people become anthropologists? -- Appendix 1: Studying anthropology -- Appendix 2: Further reading -- Appendix 3: Other resources -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Subject: | Anthropology > Vocational guidance. Anthropology > Research. Anthropology > Methodology. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | GN 41.8 .S77 2009 | 30540135 | General Collection | Available | - |
CHOICE_Magazine Review
What Anthropologists Do
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Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
Strang (Univ. of Auckland) explores the countless fascinating ways that highly transferable anthropological methodology and perspective are utilized around the world in study and work relating to a wide range of activities, e.g., advocacy, NGOs, globalization, indigenous knowledge, governance, education, business, crime, the arts, museums and cultural heritage, and health and medicine. Unlike other vocational guides for anthropology majors (e.g., Riall Nolan, Anthropology in Practice, CH, Sep'03, 41-0071; John van Willigen, Applied Anthropology, 3rd ed., 2002; John Omohundro, Careers in Anthropology, 1998), this is a well-documented literature review (over 400 references in the bibliography) of cutting-edge work. Strang's excellent writing is interspersed with first-person narratives by practicing anthropologists in and out of the university relating why they chose the field and how their work grew into professions for which they have great passion. For example, Stuart Kirsch's work with the Yonggum in Papua New Guinea evolved into activist anthropology aimed at halting environmental degradation caused by copper and gold mining. Applied medical anthropologist Patricia Hammer worked with NGOs and governmental ministries in Peru and Bolivia and now directs a rural institute promoting indigenous healing knowledge in the Peruvian Andes. The combination of scholarship and personal accounts of practitioners make this book one of a kind. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. M. Cedar Face Southern Oregon University