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Anthropology and Activism

Author : Anna J Willow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000093379
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Activism written by Anna J Willow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive and current look at the complex relationship between anthropology and activism. Activism has become a vibrant research topic within anthropology. Many scholars now embrace their own roles as engaged social actors, which has compelled reflexive attention to the anthropology/activism intersection and its implications. With contributions by emerging scholars as well as leading activist anthropologists, this volume illuminates the diverse ways in which the anthropology/activism relationship is being navigated. Chapters touch on key areas including environment and extraction, food sustainability and security, migration and human rights, health disparities and healthcare access, class and gender identities and empowerment, and the defense of democracy. Case studies (drawn mainly from North America) encourage readers to think through their own experiences and expectations and will serve as durable documentation of how movements develop and change. This timely survey of the activist anthropological landscape is valuable reading in an era of widely perceived ecological and political crisis, where disinterested data collection increasingly appears to be a luxury that neither the discipline nor the world can afford.

Engaged Observer

Author : Victoria Sanford
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813538920
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Engaged Observer written by Victoria Sanford and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anthropology has long been associated with an ethos of "engagement." The field's core methods and practices involve long-term interpersonal contact between researchers and their study participants, giving major research topics in the field a distinctively human face. The fact that these interactions frequently cross social parameters, including class, race, ethnicity, and gender, raises important questions. Can research findings be authentic and objective? Are anthropologists able to use their data to aid the participants of their study, and is that aid always welcome? In this book, authors bring together an international array of scholars who have been embedded in some of the most conflict-ridden and dangerous zones in the world to reflect on the role and responsibility of anthropological inquiry. They explore issues of truth and objectivity, the role of the academic, the politics of memory, and the impact of race, gender, and social position on the research process. Through ethnographic case studies, they offer models for conducting engaged research and illustrate the contradictions and challenges of doing so".--BOOKJACKET.

Queer Activism in India

Author : Naisargi N. Dave
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822353199
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Queer Activism in India written by Naisargi N. Dave and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the creation of lesbian communities in India from the 1980s through the early 2000s and explores the everyday practices that comprise queer activism in India.

Threatening Anthropology

Author : David H. Price
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822333388
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Threatening Anthropology written by David H. Price and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-20 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn archival history of governmental investigations of anthropologists in the 1950s, based on over 20,000 pages of documents obtained by the author under the Freedom of Information Act./div

After Difference

Author : Paolo Heywood
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785337874
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book After Difference written by Paolo Heywood and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queer activism and anthropology are both fundamentally concerned with the concept of difference. Yet they are so in fundamentally different ways. The Italian queer activists in this book value difference as something that must be produced, in opposition to the identity politics they find around them. Conversely, anthropologists find difference in the world around them, and seek to produce an identity between anthropological theory and the ethnographic material it elucidates. This book describes problems faced by an activist "politics of difference," and issues concerning the identity of anthropological reflection itself—connecting two conceptions of difference whilst simultaneously holding them apart.

A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology

Author : Luis Vivanco
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192514954
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology written by Luis Vivanco and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new dictionary comprises more than 400 entries, providing concise, authoritative definitions for a range of concepts relating to cultural anthropology, as well as important findings and intellectual figures in the field. Entries include adaptation and kinship, scientific racism, and writing culture, providing readers with a wide-ranging overview of the subject. Accessibly written and engaging, A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology is authored by subject experts, and presents anthropology as a dynamic and lively field of enquiry. Complemented by a global list of anthropological organizations, more than 20 figures and tables to illustrate the entries, and web links pointing to useful external sources, this is an essential text for undergraduates studying anthropology, and also serves those studying allied subjects such as archaeology, politics, economics, geography, sociology, and gender studies.

Local Actions

Author : Melissa Checker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231128506
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Local Actions written by Melissa Checker and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten absorbing studies present activist groups across the country--from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans--and examines a social change effort as it unfolds on the ground. Through their anthropological approach these portraits of American society suggest the inherent possibilities in identity-based organizing and offer crucial in-depth perspectives on such hotly debated topics as multiculturalism and the culture wars, the environment, racism, public education, Native American rights, and the Christian right.

As If Already Free

Author : Holly High
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780745348469
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book As If Already Free written by Holly High and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "David Graeber (1961-2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist, who left us with new ways to understand humankind. This collection of new writing brings together his insights into one book, showing how deeply his work continues to influence us today. Graeber's writing resonates with both scholars and activists looking to shake things up. The impact of his work is broad in scope, from birth to banking, and he picks open social hierarchy and political power to expose what really makes human society tick. In today's neoliberal world, we can turn to his legacy to provide a way for us to understand what went wrong, and how to fix it. This collection of writings is both an introduction to his life and works, a guide to his key ideas, and an inspiring example of of how anthropologists are continuing to use his work today."--Publisher's website.

Feminist Activist Ethnography

Author : Christa Craven
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739176374
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Activist Ethnography written by Christa Craven and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating “consumer choices” and ideals of market justice, contributors to this collection argue that feminist ethnographers are in a key position to reassert the central feminist connections between theory, methods, and activism. Together, we suggest avenues for incorporating methodological innovations, collaborative analysis, and collective activism in our scholarly projects. What are the possibilities (and challenges) that exist for feminist ethnography 25 years after initial debates emerged in this field about reflexivity, objectivity, reductive individualism, and the social relevance of activist scholarship? How can feminist ethnography intensify efforts towards social justice in the current political and economic climate? This collection continues a crucial dialog about feminist activist ethnography in the 21st century—at the intersection of engaged feminist research and activism in the service of the organizations, people, communities, and feminist issues we study.

Food Activism

Author : Carole Counihan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0857858343
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Food Activism written by Carole Counihan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the globe, people are challenging the agro-industrial food system and its exploitation of people and resources, reduction of local food varieties, and negative health consequences. In this collection leading international anthropologists explore food activism across the globe to show how people speak to, negotiate, or cope with power through food. Who are the actors of food activism and what forms of agency do they enact? What kinds of economy, exchanges, and market relations do they practice and promote? How are they organized and what are their scales of political action and power relations? Each chapter explores why and how people choose food as a means of forging social and economic justice, covering diverse forms of food activism from individual acts by consumers or producers to organized social groups or movements. The case studies embrace a wide geographical spectrum including Cuba, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Mexico, Italy, Canada, France, Colombia, Japan, and the USA. This is the first book to examine food activism in diverse local, national, and transnational settings, making it essential reading for students and scholars in anthropology and other fields interested in food, economy, politics and social change.

Virtual Activism

Author : Robert Phillips
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487525133
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Virtual Activism written by Robert Phillips and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study looking at changes in LGBT activism in Singapore.

Insurgent Encounters

Author : Jeffrey S. Juris
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822353628
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Insurgent Encounters written by Jeffrey S. Juris and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insurgent Encounters illuminates the dynamics of contemporary transnational social movements, including those advocating for women and indigenous groups, environmental justice, and alternative—cooperative rather than exploitative—forms of globalization. The contributors are politically engaged scholars working within the social movements they analyze. Their essays are both models of and arguments for activist ethnography. They demonstrate that such a methodology has the potential to reveal empirical issues and generate theoretical insights beyond the reach of traditional social-movement research methods. Activist ethnographers not only produce new understandings of contemporary forms of collective action, but also seek to contribute to struggles for social change. The editors suggest networks and spaces of encounter as the most useful conceptual rubrics for understanding shape-shifting social movements using digital and online technologies to produce innovative forms of political organization across local, regional, national, and transnational scales. A major rethinking of the practice and purpose of ethnography, Insurgent Encounters challenges dominant understandings of social transformation, political possibility, knowledge production, and the relation between intellectual labor and sociopolitical activism. Contributors. Giuseppe Caruso, Maribel Casas-Cortés, Janet Conway, Stéphane Couture, Vinci Daro, Manisha Desai, Sylvia Escárcega, David Hess, Jeffrey S. Juris, Alex Khasnabish, Lorenzo Mosca, Michal Osterweil, Geoffrey Pleyers, Dana E. Powell, Paul Routledge, M. K. Sterpka, Tish Stringer

Landscapes of Activism

Author : Joel Christian Reed
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813596734
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Landscapes of Activism written by Joel Christian Reed and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIDS activists are often romanticized as extremely noble and selfless. However, the relationships among HIV support group members highlighted in Landscapes of Activism are hardly utopian or ideal. At first, the group has everything it needs, a thriving membership, and support from major donors. Soon, the group undergoes an identity crisis over money and power, eventually fading from the scene. As government and development institutions embraced activist demands—decentralizing AIDS care through policies of health systems strengthening—civil society was increasingly rendered obsolete. Charting this transition—from subjects, to citizens, and back again—reveals the inefficacy of protest, and the importance of community resilience. The product of in-depth ethnography and focused anthropological inquiry, this is the first book on AIDS activists in Mozambique. AIDS activism’s strange decline in southern Africa, rather than a reflection of citizen apathy, is the direct result of targeted state and donor intervention.

Bridging Scholarship and Activism

Author : Bernd Reiter
Publisher : Transformations in Higher Educ
ISBN 13 : 9781611861471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Bridging Scholarship and Activism written by Bernd Reiter and published by Transformations in Higher Educ. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book brings together activist scholars from a range of disciplines to provide new insights into a growing trend in publicly engaged research and scholarship. Bridging Scholarship and Activism creatively redefines what constitutes activism without limiting it to a narrow range of practices, with an ultimate goal of creating a decolonized and democratized forum for scholar activists worldwide.

The Rise of Nerd Politics

Author : John Postill
Publisher : Anthropology, Culture and Society
ISBN 13 : 9780745399836
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Nerd Politics written by John Postill and published by Anthropology, Culture and Society. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthropology of technology, protest and politics, from Podemos to Wikileaks.

Local Actions

Author : Melissa Checker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231502427
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Local Actions written by Melissa Checker and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-25 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activism is alive and well in the United States, according to Melissa Checker and Maggie Fishman. It exists on large and small scales and thrives in unexpected places. Finding activism in backyards, art classes, and urban areas branded as "ghettos," these anthropologists explore the many routes people take to work toward social change. Ten absorbing studies present activist groups across the country—from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Each one examines a social change effort as it unfolds on the ground. Through their anthropological approach these portraits of American society suggest the inherent possibilities in identity-based organizing and offer crucial in-depth perspectives on such hotly debated topics as multiculturalism and the culture wars, the environment, racism, public education, Native American rights, and the Christian right. Moving far beyond the walls of academia, the contributors address the complex issues that arise when researchers have stakes in the subjects they study. Scholars can play multiple roles in the activist struggles they recount, and these essays illustrate how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism.

Roma Activism

Author : Sam Beck
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785339494
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Roma Activism written by Sam Beck and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring contemporary debates and developments in Roma-related research and forms of activism, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in these fields, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies. The contributors gathered here – whose professional trajectories often lie at the confluence between activism, academia, and policy or development interventions – are exceptionally well placed to reflect on mainstream practices in all these fields, and, from their particular positions, envision a reimagining of these practices.