Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: Engaged Anthropology Politics Beyond The Text
Author(s): Kirsch Stuart
Publisher: University Of California Press
Barcode: 9780520297951
Pages: 328 Pages, 10 B-W, 8 Maps
Publication Date: 3/23/2018
Category: Politics & Government