Engaged Anthropology - Politics beyond the Text

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-520-29794-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Does anthropology have more to offer than just its texts? In this timely and remarkable book, Stuart Kirsch shows how anthropology can—and why it should—become more engaged with the problems of the world. Engaged Anthropology draws on the author’s experiences working with indigenous peoples fighting for their environment, land rights, and political sovereignty. Including both short interventions and collaborations spanning decades, it recounts interactions with lawyers and courts, nongovernmental organizations, scientific experts, and transnational corporations. This unflinchingly honest account addresses the unexamined “backstage” of engaged anthropology. Coming at a time when some question the viability of the discipline, the message of this powerful and original work is especially welcome, as it not only promotes a new way of doing anthropology, but also compellingly articulates a new rationale for why anthropology matters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirsch, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Map of Cases xv

Introduction 1
1 • How Political Commitments Influence Research 20
2 • When Contributions Are Elusive 50
3 • The Search for Alternative Outcomes 82
4 • When the Intervention Fails, Does the Research Still Matter? 107
5 • How Analysis of Local Contexts Can Have Global Significance 136
6 • The Risks of Intervention 165
7 • Dilemmas of an Expert Witness 180
Conclusion 223

Notes 231
References 249

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart Kirsch is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan and author of Mining Capitalism and Reverse Anthropology.