Applied Research and Practice from the Next Generation: The Napa Student Achievement Award-Winning Papers, 2001 - 05

ISBN-13: 9781931303330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 244 str.

Tim Wallace

Opis

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.
- peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
- dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods
- most editions available for course adoption

Spis treści

Celebrating Student Achievement: Award–Winning Papers 2001 05 Alayne Unterberger National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 1 6.

How Visitors Experience the Edward James Olmos Americanos Exhibit: An Ethnographic Study Jennifer Gilroy Hunsecker , Jayne B. Hoffman , Elena O′Curry , Christina Wasson National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 7 26.

The Philani Experience: Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in South Africa Alexandra Kenny , Conny Camenzind National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 27 39.

Engaging Ethnography: Student Engagement as a Means for Creating Change Wendy Hathaway , James Kuzin National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 40 63.

A Foreign Concern : Solid Waste Management in Panajachel, Lake Atitl´n, Guatemala Anna Wex National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 64 80.

The Ethnographic Evaluation of Michigan′s High–Risk Hepatitis B Vaccination Program Inez F. Adams National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 81 92.

Health Change in Patients Using Alternative Medical Systems In Cuenca, Ecuador Michelle Albus National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 93 109.

Development Agents And Nomadic Agency : Four Perspectives in the Development "Market" Karen Marie Greenough National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 110 128.

An Analysis of the Impact of Aids on Funeral Culture in Malawi Adam D. Ki National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 129 140.

Midwestern Museums and Classical Archaeology, 1893 1998 S. J. Redman National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 141 159.

Government and Community Relations an Defforts for Comanagement in Macizo De La Muerte, Costa Rica Maggie Messerschmidt National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 160 175.

"Is It The Spirit or The Body?": Syncretism of Health Beliefs Among Hmong Immigrants to Alaska Jacob R. Hickman National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 176 195.

Anthropology and Development Jason Jacques Paiement National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 196 223.

Community Knowledge and at Titudes Toward Refugees and Asylees in Miami–Dade and Broward Counties: An Analys is for the International Rescue Committee Emily Eisenhauer , Alejandro Angee , Brianne Barclay , Jasney Cogua–Lopez National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 224 236.

Biosketches of Authors National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin May 2007, Vol. 27, No. 1: 237 241.

O autorze

Volume Editors: Tim Wallace, Edward Liebow, Satish Kedia and Alayne Unterberger

Satish Kedia received a Ph.D. in Applied and Medical Anthropology in 1997 from the University of Kentucky, where he also earned a Certificate in Medical Behavioral Science. He is currently Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and Director of the Institute for Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluation (I–SATE) at The University of Memphis. His research focuses on alcohol and drug abuse treatment evaluation, caregiving and adherence to treatment protocols, HIV/AIDS in the United States, health impacts of forced displacement in India, and pesticide use in the Philippines. Dr. Kedia has had a wide range of scholarly and applied experiences. He coedited Applied Anthropology: Domains of Application with John van Willigen, has authored or coauthored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries, and has published more than 25 evaluation and policy reports. (skkedia@memphis.edu)

Edward Liebow is Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, and a past President of NAPA. His work focuses on perceptions of risk, environmental health, and community development policy. (liebowe@battelle.org)

Alayne Unterberger began her career as a bilingual social worker and outreach specialist with high–risk minority youth and families. She received her M.A. from the University of South Florida and her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in Medical Anthropology. Her research areas include: critical medical anthropology, participatory action research, youth–led programming, cultural brokerage, migration immigration, and community engagement. Since 2002, she has been Executive Director of the Florida Institute for Community Studies, Inc. She has worked in the United States, Mexico, and, most recently, Nicaragua. (alayne@tampabay.rr.com)

Tim Wallace is Associate Professor and Applied Anthropologist in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. His primary interests lie within the subfield of the anthropology of tourism. His most recent research has taken him to the communities around Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan Highlands. He has carried out applied research work on tourism in Costa Rica, Hungary, and Madagascar. In addition, he has done applied work in Mozambique studying maize marketing; Ecuador for a potato marketing project; Togo, West Africa, to study economic development policy; Peru to research community development strategies in Peru; and, Hiroshima, Japan to study international education policy. He has also done research in North Carolina on farmers markets in Raleigh, North Carolina, and on socioeconomic responses to pest management practices among tomato and cabbage farmers in North Carolina. He has been President of the Southern Anthropological Association and the Association of North Carolina Anthropologists, was a member of the Executive Board of the Society for Applied Anthropology, and is coeditor of the NAPA Bulletin. He recently edited NAPA Bulletin 23 on Tourism and Applied Anthropologists. (tmwallace@mindspring.com)

Blurb

This edition of NAPA Bulletin presents thirteen award–winning papers written for the NAPA Student

Achievement Award competition, 2001 2005. The content and approach utilized by these nineteen

student anthropologists ranges from museum evaluation to HIV prevention to archival research and

PAR (participatory action research). These articles speak to the vastness of subject matter, approach,

and toolkits in use by applied and practicing anthropologists worldwide. These papers can and should

be used by various audiences: in applied and practicing anthropology courses, by practitioners in the

field, and by students who might make use of these papers as models for future or current work.