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9780813538921: Engaged Observer: Anthropology, Advocacy, And Activism
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ISBN 10 : 0813538920 ISBN 13 : 9780813538921
Editeur : Rutgers University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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. 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 Engaged Observer, Victoria Sanford and Asale Angel-Ajani 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

VICTORIA SANFORD is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lehman College, CUNY.

ASALE ANGEL-AJANI is an assistant professor in the Gallatin School at New York University.

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Éditeur
Rutgers University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813538920
ISBN 13 
9780813538921
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Éditeur
Sanford Victoria, Angel-Ajani Asale
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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