Development Anthropology: Encounters in the Real World

ISBN-13: 9780813309842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 364 str.

Riall Nolan

Opis

Development Anthropology is a detailed examination of how anthropology is used in international development projects. Written from a practitioner's standpoint, and containing numerous examples and case studies, the book aims to provide students with a comprehensive overview of what development anthropologists do, how they do it, and what problems they encounter in their work. The first part of the book looks at the evolution of both applied anthropology and international development, and how these have been involved with each other since the 1950s. The second, and main, part of the book focuses on how development projects work, and how anthropology is used in their design, implementation, and evaluation. The final section of the book looks at how both development and anthropology must change in order to be more effective. An appendix outlines what students should do to plan a career in development anthropology.

Spis treści

preface -- anthropology and development -- Anthropology as a Science of Discovery -- The Rise of the Development Industry -- Putting Anthropology to Work -- development projects examined -- The Nature of Development Projects -- Information in Project Development -- Framing Projects -- Managing Projects -- Assessing Projects -- the way ahead -- Reforming the Development Industry -- Redirecting Anthropology -- A New Development Paradigm? -- appendix: becoming a development anthropologist

O autorze

Riall Nolan