Engaged anthropology views from Scandinavia
In this book, leading public anthropologists examine paths toward public engagement and discuss their experiences with engaged anthropology in arenas such as the media, international organizations, courtrooms and halls of government. They discuss topics such as migration and cultural understanding,...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cham, Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan
2016
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| Schriftenreihe: | Approaches to social inequality and difference
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | In this book, leading public anthropologists examine paths toward public engagement and discuss their experiences with engaged anthropology in arenas such as the media, international organizations, courtrooms and halls of government. They discuss topics such as migration and cultural understanding, justice, development aid, ethnic conflict, war, and climate change. Through examples of hands-on experience, this book also provides a unique accoutn of challenges faced, opportunities taken, and lessons learned. It illustrates the potential efficacy of an anthropology that engages with critical social and political issues From the war zone to the courtroom : the anthropologist as witness / Tone Bringa -- Engaging anthropology : an auto-ethnographic approach / Shahram Khosravi -- Doing research in a politicized field and surviving it : lessons learned from the field of migration / Garbi Schmidt -- Treading on a minefield : anthropology and the debate on honor killing in Sweden / Mikael Kurkiala -- Social anthropology and the shifting discourses about immigrants in Norway / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Gender and universal rights : dilemmas and anthropological engagement / Siri Lange and Inge Tvedten -- Europe and the Pacific : engaging anthropology in EU policy-making and development cooperation / Edvard Hviding -- Engaging anthropology in Sudan / Gunnar M. Sørbø |
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| Beschreibung: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | vi, 190 Seiten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783319404837 978-3-319-40483-7 3319404849 |