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John L. Gordon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Resurgence of Applied Anthropology in a Post-Exotic World:
1998Co-Authors: John L. GordonAbstract:As the end of the twentieth century nears, one of the fastest growing areas within Australian social science is Applied Anthropology. The recent demand for Applied anthropologists is, in part, due to the consequences of the Native Title Act and the need for anthropological advice to support land claim submissions. It is also a consequence of Australia's geographic location in Asia and the substantial demand for consultant social scientists in this rapidly developing region of the world. In considering Applied Anthropology and its future, however, it is important neither to focus exclusively on the present nor to lose sight of a global perspective. Applied Anthropology has a substantial and intriguing history, much of it dominated by events in North America. Yet, Australia, as a location, and Australians, as social scientists, have played significant roles in this global story. This article presents a brief history of early, industrial, private practice Anthropology in the United States and argues that the development of Applied Anthropology can be linked to the opportunities of the day for student anthropologists to do "real" fieldwork. Applied Anthropology has flourished in the past during those periods when overseas or exotic fieldwork has been most difficult. The paper concludes by suggesting that the future of Australian Anthropology may well lie in its reinvention of this type of work in a form suitable for the global economy of the twenty-first century.
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The Resurgence of Applied Anthropology in a post-exotic world: An Australian Perspective
Human Organization, 1998Co-Authors: John L. GordonAbstract:As the end of the twentieth century nears, one of the fastest growing areas within Australian social science is Applied Anthropology. The recent demand for Applied anthropologists is, in part, due to the consequences of the Native Title Act and the need for anthropological advice to support land claim submissions. It is also a consequence of Australia's geographic location in Asia and the substantial demand for consultant social scientists in this rapidly developing region of the world. In considering Applied Anthropology and its future, however, it is important neither to focus exclusively on the present nor to lose sight of a global perspective. Applied Anthropology has a substantial and intriguing history, much of it dominated by events in North America. Yet, Australia, as a location, and Australians, as social scientists, have played significant roles in this global story. This article presents a brief history of early, industrial, private practice Anthropology in the United States and argues that the...
Roberto E. Barrios - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters
Human Organization, 2015Co-Authors: A. J. Faas, Roberto E. BarriosAbstract:This article provides a brief introduction to advancements in the Anthropology of disasters as well as the historical antecedents and the intellectual collaborations that contributed to contemporary work in the field. It reviews the multiple directions, methodological approaches, and theoretical leanings that comprise today's diversified field of disaster Anthropology and discusses how the monographs included in the special edition of Human Organization (74[4]) on the Applied Anthropology of risks, hazards, and disasters showcase the variety of topics and themes engaged by Applied anthropologists who work on disaster-related issues.
A. J. Faas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Continuity and Change in the Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters
Annals of Anthropological Practice, 2016Co-Authors: A. J. FaasAbstract:This article introduces the special issue of The Annals of Anthropological Practice on “Continuity and Change in the Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters.” After reviewing the factors that account for the heightened anthropological attention to disasters in the early 21st century, I review each of the contributions to the special issue. The topics included in the special issue represent some of the simultaneously perennial and currently pressing issues in the Anthropology of risk, hazards, and disaster: vulnerability, resilience, culture change, culture in practice, risk reduction, disaster capitalism, and response and recovery. The objective of this special issue is to help provide an orientation to the theoretical and Applied tools that will help anthropologists better prepare to assist in disaster contexts. It will assist those that may be encountering these issues for the first time, as well as those already working in disaster-affected communities.
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Applied Anthropology of Risk, Hazards, and Disasters
Human Organization, 2015Co-Authors: A. J. Faas, Roberto E. BarriosAbstract:This article provides a brief introduction to advancements in the Anthropology of disasters as well as the historical antecedents and the intellectual collaborations that contributed to contemporary work in the field. It reviews the multiple directions, methodological approaches, and theoretical leanings that comprise today's diversified field of disaster Anthropology and discusses how the monographs included in the special edition of Human Organization (74[4]) on the Applied Anthropology of risks, hazards, and disasters showcase the variety of topics and themes engaged by Applied anthropologists who work on disaster-related issues.
David H. Price - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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World War ZZ and Bateson 's Assessment of Applied Anthropology
1998Co-Authors: David H. PriceAbstract:This article uses documents released from the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act to examine Gregory Bateson's work for the Office of Strategic Services during World War 11. The primary document under consideration is a position paper written by Bateson for the OSS in November 1944. In that paper, Bateson outlined a number of methods and strategies that U.S. intelligence agencies might wish to consider using in the post-war period to continue to gather intelligence in India and to help maintain colonial order in India. This 1944 OSS position paper is discussed in order to shed light both on some of the largely undocumented work done by anthropologists during the war and to understand why Bateson returned to his overall negative assessment of Applied Anthropology in the post-war period.
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Gregory Bateson and the OSS: World War II and Bateson's Assessment of Applied Anthropology
Human Organization, 1998Co-Authors: David H. PriceAbstract:This article uses documents released from the Central Intelligence Agency under the Freedom of Information Act to examine Gregory Bateson's work for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. The primary document under consideration is a position paper written by Bateson for the OSS in November 1944. In that paper, Bateson outlined a number of methods and strategies that U.S. intelligence agencies might wish to consider using in the post-war period to continue to gather intelligence in India and to help maintain colonial order in India. This 1944 OSS position paper is discussed in order to shed light both on some of the largely undocumented work done by anthropologists during the war and to understand why Bateson returned to his overall negative assessment of Applied Anthropology in the post-war period.
Wayne Warry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Applied Anthropology: Domains of Application
2005Co-Authors: Wayne Warry, Satish Kedia, John Van WilligenAbstract:Satish Kedia and John van Willigen, eds., Applied Anthropology: Domains of Application, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2005,370 pages.This is a very good collection and one that is wholly American in substance and content. In nine discreet chapters individual contributors review common fields of Applied anthropological work: health and medicine; nutritional Anthropology; Anthropology Applied to the aged; development; displacement and resettlement; agriculture; environmental Anthropology; business and industry, and Anthropology Applied to education. These Applied areas are referred to as sub-disciplines of Applied Anthropology or alternatively as Domains of Application, a term first introduced by van Willigen is his earlier Applied Anthropology and revisited here. The book is in essence a collection of Applied anthropological area studies which are framed by a clear and cogent introduction and summary written by the editors. Kedia and van Willigen have wisely chosen to have contributors speak to common issues and themes. As a result, individual readings commonly, but not uniformly, address the historical context and development of various styles of Anthropology, relevant theory, typical settings and roles associated with application and appropriate methodologies.The concept of domain is useful, and one I have always found relevant in teaching Applied Anthropology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As originally conceived by van Willigen, "the domain of application consists of two major components: the methodology of application, which maps the relationship between information, policy, and action; and the context of application, which includes the knowledge relevant to a particular problem area and work setting" (1986: 9). I have always taken the concept to suggest that domains are an expanded "field" of the Applied anthropologist; settings where the researcher, advocate or administrator must learn local context and culture, as well as the language, ideologies or policies that must be accounted for in trying to devise appropriate and beneficial interventions. In this more narrow sense, a domain of application might actually be a rural village, an urban hospital, specific industry or urban environment.Kedia and van Willigen state that domains of application exist "where knowledge, methodologies, and theories relevant to a particular setting for Applied work are employed to connect research, policy and action" (p. 2). But as used in this text the term is synonymous with larger sub-disciplinary interests, such as medical or educational Anthropology, or with specific methodologies, such as Social Impact Assessment or Evaluation research. The authors themselves note that the concept can be either broad or narrow and their listing of various domains is indeed diverse. At times the reader can become confused about how the domain and sub discipline interconnect and shape each other-we might just as easily speak of domains within domains. Interestingly, given the subtitle, there is no entry for domain listed in the Index, and no coherent argument presented about the concept throughout the book. Having said that, the individual contributions coherently describe the theories and methods Applied anthropologists use to address various social and cultural problems. With the exception of Rhoades' description of agricultural Anthropology, and McGuire's review of maritime Anthropology, the significance of policy in setting the parameters for research, advocacy and action is less fully articulated or analyzed by the authors.With the exception of Nancy Greenman, a consultant in educational Anthropology and ethnographic evaluation, all the contributors are university-based Applied anthropologists. As a result, despite references to practicing anthropologists in the introduction and conclusion, the work of practicing anthropologists in non-academic research is rarely addressed in the book. This, as the authors note, is a distinctive quality of Applied Anthropology-non-academic anthropologists, for a variety of reasons, write less for peer reviewed publication and so their work remains poorly documented (p. …
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The Eleventh Thesis: Applied Anthropology as Praxis
Human Organization, 1992Co-Authors: Wayne WarryAbstract:This paper examines key implications of praxis theory for Applied Anthropology. I am concerned with Applied Anthropology as a communicative and collaborative process and with a critical understanding of the anthropologist's role as consultant, practitioner, and analyst in processes of planned change. The use of praxis as a central analytic leitmotif places "practical" activity, informed by theory, at the center of Applied research. The analysis is illustrated through a description of a multi-disciplinary, community-based health research and planning project in seven native communities in Ontario. I examine how practical knowledge and action constrains and transforms academic models of community based development.