Anthropology Put to Work
“Anthropology Put to Work” by Les Field, published by Berg on June 15, 2007, is a comprehensive examination of the evolving landscape of anthropological work. This edition, comprising 257 pages, delves into how contemporary anthropologists navigate their roles and the shifts that have occurred within the discipline. The book addresses the call for a more engaged anthropology, highlighting the realities faced by junior and untenured anthropologists as they adapt to new working conditions.
Readers will find a collection of papers that illustrate the diverse applications of anthropology today, emphasizing the need for collaboration over traditional ethnographic methods. The volume aims to support graduate students and early-career scholars in understanding these changes, reassuring them that adapting to new practices is essential for their professional development. By focusing on the current state of social science and anthropology, this book provides valuable insights into the future of the field.
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How do anthropologists work today and how will they work in future? While some anthropologists have recently called for a new “public” or “engaged” anthropology, profound changes have already occurred, leading to new kinds of work for a large number of anthropologists. The image of anthropologists “reaching out” from protected academic positions to a vaguely defined “public” is out of touch with the working conditions of these anthropologists, especially those junior and untenured. The papers in this volume show that anthropology is put to work in diverse ways today. They indicate that the new conditions of anthropological work require significant departures from canonical principles of cultural anthropology, such as replacing ethnographic rapport with multiple forms of collaboration. This volume’s goal is to help graduate students and early-career scholars accept these changes without feeling something essential to anthropology has been lost. There really is no other choice for most young anthropologists.
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