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Engaging Anthropology

Author : Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000189805
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Anthropology written by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropology ought to have changed the world. What went wrong? Engaging Anthropology takes an unflinching look at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century. From identity to multicultural society, new technologies to work, globalization to marginalization, anthropology has a vital contribution to make. While showcasing the intellectual power of the discipline, Eriksen takes the anthropological community to task for its unwillingness to engage more proactively with the media in a wide range of current debates. If anthropology matters as a key tool with which to understand modern society beyond the ivory towers of academia, why are so few anthropologists willing to come forward in times of national or global crisis? Eriksen argues that anthropology needs to rediscover the art of narrative and abandon arid analysis and, more provocatively, anthropologists need to lose their fear of plunging into the vexed issues modern societies present. Engaging Anthropology makes an impassioned plea for positioning anthropology as the universal intellectual discipline. Eriksen has provided the wake-up call we were all awaiting.

Engaging Evil

Author : William C. Olsen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789202140
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Evil written by William C. Olsen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.

Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia

Author : Joshua Lockyer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857458809
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia written by Joshua Lockyer and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to move global society towards a sustainable “ecotopia,” solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the world, the contributors—scholar-activists and activist-practitioners— examine the interrelationships between three prominent environmental social movements: bioregionalism, a worldview and political ecology that grounds environmental action and experience; permaculture, a design science for putting the bioregional vision into action; and ecovillages, the ever-dynamic settings for creating sustainable local cultures.

Engaged Anthropology

Author : Stuart Kirsch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520297946
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Engaged Anthropology written by Stuart Kirsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does anthropology have more to offer than just its texts? In this timely and remarkable book, Stuart Kirsch shows how anthropology can—and why it should—become more engaged with the problems of the world. Engaged Anthropology draws on the author’s experiences working with indigenous peoples fighting for their environment, land rights, and political sovereignty. Including both short interventions and collaborations spanning decades, it recounts interactions with lawyers and courts, nongovernmental organizations, scientific experts, and transnational corporations. This unflinchingly honest account addresses the unexamined “backstage” of engaged anthropology. Coming at a time when some question the viability of the discipline, the message of this powerful and original work is especially welcome, as it not only promotes a new way of doing anthropology, but also compellingly articulates a new rationale for why anthropology matters.

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.

Engaged Anthropology

Author : Michelle Hegmon
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN 13 : 0915703580
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Engaged Anthropology written by Michelle Hegmon and published by U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays is based on the 2005 Society for American Archaeology symposium and presents research that epitomizes Richard I. Ford’s approach of engaged anthropology. This transdisciplinary approach integrates archaeological research with perspectives from ethnography, history, and ecology, and engages the anthropologist with Native partners and with socio-natural landscapes. Research papers largely focus on the U.S. Southwest, but also consider other areas of North America, issues related to museums collections, and indigenous approaches to materials research.

Toward Engaged Anthropology

Author : Sam Beck
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178238037X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Toward Engaged Anthropology written by Sam Beck and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 activism. However, this engagement also moves anthropologists away from traditional roles of observation toward participatory roles that become increasingly involved with those communities or social groupings being studied. The chapters in this book suggest the roles anthropologists are able to play to bring us closer to a public anthropology characterized as engagement.

Engaging Anthropological Theory

Author : Mark Moberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415699991
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Anthropological Theory written by Mark Moberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers a fresh look at the history of anthropological theory. Anthropological ideas about human diversity have always been rooted in the socio-political conditions in which they arose, and exploring them in context helps students understand how and why they evolved, and how theory relates to life and society.

The Future of Visual Anthropology

Author : Sarah Pink
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134247133
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Visual Anthropology written by Sarah Pink and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an eminent author in the field, The Future of Visual Anthropology develops a new approach to visual anthropology and presents a groundbreaking examination of developments within the field and the way forward for the subdiscipline in the twenty-first century. The explosion of visual media in recent years has generated a wide range of visual and digital technologies which have transformed visual research and analysis. The result is an exciting new interdisciplinary approach of great potential influence for the future of social/cultural anthropology. Sarah Pink argues that this potential can be harnessed by engaging visual anthropology with its wider contexts, including: the increasing use of visual research methods across the social sciences and humanities the growth in popularity of the visual as methodology and object of analysis within mainstream anthropology and applied anthropology the growing interest in 'anthropology of the senses' and media anthropology the development of new visual technologies that allow anthropologists to work in new ways. This book has immense interdisciplinary potential, and is essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners of visual anthropology, media anthropology, visual cultural studies, media studies and sociology.

Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement

Author : Sarah Pink
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782388478
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Media, Anthropology and Public Engagement written by Sarah Pink and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary anthropology is done in a world where social and digital media are playing an increasingly significant role, where anthropological and arts practices are often intertwined in museum and public intervention contexts, and where anthropologists are encouraged to engage with mass media. Because anthropologists are often expected and inspired to ensure their work engages with public issues, these opportunities to disseminate work in new ways and to new publics simultaneously create challenges as anthropologists move their practice into unfamiliar collaborative domains and expose their research to new forms of scrutiny. In this volume, contributors question whether a fresh public anthropology is emerging through these new practices.

Experiential and Performative Anthropology in the Classroom

Author : Pamela R. Frese
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030419959
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Experiential and Performative Anthropology in the Classroom written by Pamela R. Frese and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors gathered here revitalize “ethnographic performance”—the performed recreation of ethnographic subject matter pioneered by Victor and Edith Turner and Richard Schechner—as a progressive pedagogy for the 21st century. They draw on their experiences in utilizing performances in a classroom setting to facilitate learning about the diversity of culture and ways of being in the world. The editors, themselves both students of Turner at the University of Virginia, and Richard Schechner share recollections of the Turners’ vision and set forth a humanistic pedagogical agenda for the future. A detailed appendix provides an implementation plan for ethnographic performances in the classroom.

Anthropology

Author : Susan A. Ross
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814659942
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology written by Susan A. Ross and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the wisdom and teaching experience of highly respected theologians, the Engaging Theology series builds a firm foundation for graduate study and other ministry formation programs. Each of the six volumes--Scripture, Jesus, God, Discipleship, Anthropology, and Church--is concerned with retrieving, carefully evaluating, and constructively interpreting the Christian tradition. Comprehensive in scope and accessibly written, these volumes, used together or independently, will stimulate rich theological reflection and discussion. More important, the series will create and sustain the passion of the next generation of theologians and church leaders. What does it mean to be human in the twenty-first century? Susan Ross explores this question through the lens of human desires: for God, freedom, knowledge, love, and pleasure, but also for power, consumer goods, self-gratification, and money. Beginning with biblical narratives of human desires, she goes on to consider how ancient, medieval, and modern thinkers have wrestled with the various ways that human beings have sought fulfillment in the world and in God. The twenty-first century brings new questions and continuing challenges: In a world of increasing complexity and fragmentation, can we still talk about the self? How have feminism and new thinking about sexuality changed the ways we think about ourselves? How do we maintain our humanity in the face of monstrous human evil? What do the findings of science say about our uniqueness as human beings? Anthropology: Seeking Light and Beauty offers a path through the many conflicting views of humanity, suggesting a fuller way of living as we try to follow the example of Jesus.

Engaging with Capitalism

Author : Fiona McCormack
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178190541X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Engaging with Capitalism written by Fiona McCormack and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume addresses how capitalism has been very effective in generating wealth and technological innovation, but has also been associated with social inequity and environmental damage. Its inherent flaws have been highlighted by the escalation of ecological problems arising from growth-oriented capitalism and various economic crises.

Ecology and the Sacred

Author : Roy A. Rappaport
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472111701
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Ecology and the Sacred written by Roy A. Rappaport and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meaningful homage to an extraordinary anthropologist

An Anthropology of Nothing in Particular

Author : Martin Demant Frederiksen
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178535700X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book An Anthropology of Nothing in Particular written by Martin Demant Frederiksen and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been claims that meaninglessness has become epidemic in the contemporary world. One perceived consequence of this is that people increasingly turn against both society and the political establishment with little concern for the content (or lack of content) that might follow. Most often, encounters with meaninglessness and nothingness are seen as troubling. "Meaning" is generally seen as being a cornerstone of the human condition, as that which we strive towards. This was famously explored by Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning in which he showed how even in the direst of situations individuals will often seek to find a purpose in life. But what, then, is at stake when groups of people negate this position? What exactly goes on inside this apparent turn towards nothing, in the engagement with meaninglessness? And what happens if we take the meaningless seriously as an empirical fact?

Engaged Anthropology

Author : Tone Bringa
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783319404837
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Engaged Anthropology written by Tone Bringa and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading public anthropologists examine paths towards public engagement and discuss their experiences with engaged anthropology in arenas such as the media, international organizations, courtrooms, and halls of government. They discuss topics ranging from migration to cultural understanding, justice, development aid, ethnic conflict, war, and climate change. Through these examples of hands-on experience, the book provides a unique account of challenges faced, opportunities taken, and lessons learned. It illustrates the potential efficacy of an anthropology that engages with critical social and political issues.

Anthropology Now and Next

Author : Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782384502
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology Now and Next written by Thomas Hylland Eriksen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scholarship of Ulf Hannerz is characterized by its extraordinary breadth and visionary nature. He has contributed to the understanding of urban life and transnational networks, and the role of media, paradoxes of identity and new forms of community, suggesting to see culture in terms of flows rather than as bounded entities. Contributions honor Hannerz’ legacy by addressing theoretical, epistemological, ethical and methodological challenges facing anthropological inquiry on topics from cultural diversity policies in Europe to transnational networks in Yemen, and from pottery and literature to multinational corporations.