Beschreibung:
Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists? This collection written by prominent academic, practicing and applied anthropologists aims to answer this provocative question.
Introduction: Why Does the World Need Anthropologists? 1. Ethnography in All the Right Places 2. Living in and Researching a Diverse World 3. What Is It Like to Be an Anthropologist? 4. Anthropology in an Uncertain World 5. Making Anthropology Relevant to Other People's Problems 6. Searching for Variation and Complexity 7. An Anthropologist's Journey from the Rainforest to Solar Fields 8. Anthropologists Make Sense, Provide Insight and Co-Create Change 9. Open Up the Treasure of Anthropology to the World 10. The Practitioner's Role of Facilitating Change 11. Do We Really Need More Anthropologists? Conclusion: Back to the Future of Applied Anthropology