What Anthropologists Do

ISBN-13: 9781350099340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 278 str.

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Opis

Why should you study anthropology? What will you learn that will equip you to enter working life? Veronica Strang details the many options available to those trained in anthropology, and answer queries about what studying anthropology actually means, both in practice and integrated application.

Spis treści

1. Anthropology and Advocacy  2. Anthropology and Aid  3. Anthropology and Development  4. Anthropology and the Environment  5. Anthropology and Governance  6. Anthropology, Business and Industry  7. Anthropology and Health  8. Anthropology and Identity  9. Anthropology and the Arts  Glossary

O autorze

Veronica Strang is a Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University, and is affiliated to the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at Oxford University. From 2013–2017 she was the Chair of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and the Commonwealth. Her publications include Uncommon Ground: cultural landscapes and environmental values (1997); The Meaning of Water (2004); Gardening the World: agency, identity and the ownership of water (2009); Ownership and Appropriation (2010); Water: nature and culture (2015); and From the Lighthouse: interdisciplinary reflections on light (2018). More information about her work can be found at https://www.veronicastrang.com/