Why the World Needs Anthropologists

ISBN-13: 9781350147133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 182 str.

Dan Podjed; Pavel Borecky; Carla Guerron Montero

Opis

Why does the world need anthropology and anthropologists? This collection written by prominent academic, practicing and applied anthropologists aims to answer this provocative question.

Spis treści

1. “Introduction: Why Does the World Need Anthropologists” – Dan Podjed, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Meta Gorup, Ghent University, Belgium 2. “Ethnography in All the Right Places” – Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway 3. “Living in a Diverse World” – Lenora Bohren, Colorado State University, USA 4. “What Is It Like to Be an Anthropologist?” – Joana Breidenbach, Independent Scholar 5. “Anthropology in an Uncertain World” – Sarah Pink, Monash University, Australia 6. “Making Anthropology Relevant to Other People’s Problems” – Steffen Jöhncke University of Copenhagen, Denmark 7. “Searching for Variation and Complexity” – Tanja Winther, University of Oslo, Norway 8. “An Anthropologist’s Journey from Rain Forests to Solar Fields” – Sophie Bouly de Lesdain, Electricité de France, France 9. “Love Local, Reach Global: Anthropologists Make Sense” – Rikke Ulk (Antropologerne) 10. “Open Up the Treasure of Anthropology to the World” – Jitske Kramer (HumanDimensions) 11. “The Practitioner of Anthropology and Her Role of Facilitating Change” – Anna Kirah (Kirah Co, Design without Borders) 12. “Do We Really Need More Anthropologists?” – Riall Nolan, Purdue University, USA 13. “Conclusion: Back to the Future of Applied Anthropology” – Pavel Borecký, University of Bern, Switzerland and Carla Guerrón Montero. University of Delaware, USA