Anthropology and consultancy : issues and debates / edited by Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern.
"More and more, anthropologists are recruited as consultants by government agencies, corporations, or more generally as observers of development processes in their field areas. Although these roles can be very gratifying, they can create ambiguous situations for the anthropologists who find tha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2005.
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| Series: | Studies in applied anthropology.
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| Summary: | "More and more, anthropologists are recruited as consultants by government agencies, corporations, or more generally as observers of development processes in their field areas. Although these roles can be very gratifying, they can create ambiguous situations for the anthropologists who find that new pressures and responsibilities are placed upon them for which their training did not prepare them. This volume explores some of the problems, opportunities, issues, debates, and dilemmas surrounding these roles. The geographic focus of the studies is Papua New Guinea, but the topic and its importance apply widely throughout the world, for example, Africa, South America, Australia, and the Pacific in general, as well as in relation to indigenous groups in Canada and elsewhere. All the authors have first-hand experience and address these new pressures and responsibilities of anthropological research. The contributions to this volume are written in a way that combines scholarship with a style accessible to general readers."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | The papers collected for this book are a special issue of "Social Analysis.". |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 146 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 157181552X 9781571815521 |