At the beginning of the twenty-first century the demand for anthropological approaches, understandings and methodologies outside academic departments is shifting and changing. Through a series of fascinating case studies of anthropologists’ experiences of working with very diverse organizations in the private and public sector this volume examines existing and historical debates about applied anthropology. It explores the relationship between the ""pure and the impure"" – academic and applied anthropology, the question of anthropological identities in new working environments, new methodologies appropriate to these contexts, the skills needed by anthropologists working in applied contexts where multidisciplinary work is often undertaken, issues of ethics and responsibility, and how anthropology is perceived from the ‘outside’. The volume signifies an encouraging future both for the application of anthropology outside academic departments and for the new generation of anthropologists who might be involved in these developments.
Edited by:
Sarah Pink
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9781845450632
ISBN 10: 1845450639
Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 February 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Applications of Anthropology Sarah Pink PART I: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE U.K. Chapter 1. Machetes into a Jungle? A History of Anthropology in Policy and Practice, 1981-2000 Susan Wright Chapter 2. Dinner at Claridges? Anthropology and the 'Captains of Industry', 1947-1955 David Mills PART II: ANTHROPOLOGY AND INDUSTRY Chapter 3. The Pure and the Impure? Reflections on Applying Anthropology and Doing Ethnography Simon Roberts Chapter 4. The Need to Engage with Non-Ethnographic Research Methods: A Personal View Adam Drazin PART III: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR Chapter 5. International Development, Social Analysis, and Anthropology? Applying Anthropology in and to Development Maia Green Chapter 6. Anthropology at the Centre: Reflections on Research, Policy Guidance and Decision Support Mils Hills Chapter 7. Speaking of Silence: Reflections on the Application of Anthropology to the U.K. Health Services Elizabeth Hart PART IV ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: ANTHROPOLOGY MEDIA AND LAW Chapter 8. Anthropologists in Television: A Disappearing World? Paul Henley Chapter 9. Research, Representations and Responsibilities: An Anthropologist in the Contested World of Foxhunting Garry Marvin Chapter 10. 'Culture' in Court: Albanian Migrants and the Anthropologist as Expert Witness Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers Notes on Contributors Index
Reviews for Applications of Anthropology: Professional Anthropology in the Twenty-first Century
The chapters in this book are all well executed and sprinkled through with references to classic anthropological theorists of the twentieth century - [It] establishes a very effective and thoughtful benchmark in a developing field of writing in anthropology, and deserves to become one of the central works in its field. - Andrew Strathern & Pamela J. Stewart in JRAI
