This paper examines my journey from activist, to educator, to researcher, and back, and the implications the journey has for developing effective anti-hate collaborations and educational practices. After being notified that my name and contact information had been posted on a white supremacist's website, I re-considered my role as an anti-hate activist and turned to teaching. Combining my activist experience with my anthropology background, I developed a course, "Hate Across Cultures." Using multi-disciplinary academic resources and featuring guest lectures from representatives of various government agencies, this class provides a space for students to learn and talk about the origins of hate, hate across cultures, and hate in their own region. Students apply their knowledge and develop strategies to combat hate in their everyday lives. This has inspired me to begin a research project on local hate practices with the ultimate goal of developing and implementing more effective local anti-hate strategies.
This article reflects on the definition of applied anthropology in the light of the challenges facing the discipline in the twenty-first century, from the theoretical, methodological and practical application in the broadest sense. While the subject is open to debate and no conclusions can be exhaustive, it is possible to propose some ideas to the debate. ; El presente artículo reflexiona sobre la definición del término antropología aplicada a la luz de los desafíos que enfrente la disciplina antropológica en el Siglo XXI, desde el punto de vista teórico, metodológico y de aplicación práctica en el más amplio sentido. Si bien el tema está abierto a debate y no se puede llegar a conclusiones taxativas, sí es posible proponer algunas ideas al debate.
This thesis presents a manual call d, Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research, which I wrote for Aboriginal people in the NWT who want to get started in oral traditions research but do not know how to begin or what is involved. The manual was written for a grade 8 level of literacy to accommodate use by those with English as a second language and for high school students. The manual is written in a 'how to' format. It provides an overview of terminology associated with this research and outlines planning, preparing and doing interviews as well as processing information and follow-up tasks. The manual is presented in the context of applied anthropology. I describe how, as an employee of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Government of the Northwest Territories, I put my anthropological knowledge to use in trying to address a need that I perceived of Aboriginal peoples in the Northwest Territories. ftn Permission to include the manual, Getting Started in Oral Traditions Research, was granted by Dr. Charles D. Arnold, Director, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Department of Education, Culture and employment, Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT). GNWT holds the copyright of the manual.
The present study focuses on two case studies of social studies education, namely in Palm Beach County Florida and the Community of Madrid. A Grounded Theory approach is applied to the interpretation of government publications so as to develop two tentative emic models of social studies education. An overarching applied anthropological theoretical framework permeates the interpretation of texts so as to elucidate the intended role of social studies education in terms of constructing national and local identities. The study concludes that there are important similarities between the two social studies programs such as the incorporation of subjects dealing with world history as well as national history. One important difference is that the Palm Beach County program is more direct in proposing a model of civic engagement through the construction of a joint narrative about the founding of the nation, in this case the United States.
This paper describes collective efforts over the past 30 years by Australian anthropologists towards achieving national representation and accreditation for applied practitioners. The intention is to better understand the viability of various strategies aimed at strengthening a community of practice for native title anthropologists today. The 'professionalisation' issue has recently re-emerged as a topic for discussion and debate in the context of an identified shortage of suitably qualified and experienced anthropologists in the area of native title research. This shortage is reportedly contributing to delays in the processing of native title claims and raises concerns about professional standards. The potential consequences for those Aboriginal groups seeking recognition of their native title are profound. Drawing on a range of historical sources, this paper documents the rise and fall of a number of professional networks, organisations and training programs for applied anthropologists established since the early 1980s, including the Professional Association for Applied Anthropology and Sociology, the Queensland Association of Professional Anthropologists and Archaeologists, and the Australian Association of Applied Anthropology. What this short history reveals is that past efforts to organise and accredit applied anthropologists coincided with significant changes to the political, legal and commercial frameworks in which they were required to work, with the uncertainties and anxieties that accompanied change driving the desire for a more robust and supportive community of professional practice. The ultimate failure of these organisations suggests that improving the professionalism of applied practice in native title anthropology cannot be achieved solely from within the discipline itself. Rather, it will require engagement with and the support of external stakeholders who also have interests in ensuring high quality native title research outcomes.
This paper describes collective efforts over the past 30 years by Australian anthropologists towards achieving national representation and accreditation for applied practitioners. The intention is to better understand the viability of various strategies aimed at strengthening a community of practice for native title anthropologists today. The 'professionalisation' issue has recently re-emerged as a topic for discussion and debate in the context of an identified shortage of suitably qualified and experienced anthropologists in the area of native title research. This shortage is reportedly contributing to delays in the processing of native title claims and raises concerns about professional standards. The potential consequences for those Aboriginal groups seeking recognition of their native title are profound. Drawing on a range of historical sources, this paper documents the rise and fall of a number of professional networks, organisations and training programs for applied anthropologists established since the early 1980s, including the Professional Association for Applied Anthropology and Sociology, the Queensland Association of Professional Anthropologists and Archaeologists, and the Australian Association of Applied Anthropology. What this short history reveals is that past efforts to organise and accredit applied anthropologists coincided with significant changes to the political, legal and commercial frameworks in which they were required to work, with the uncertainties and anxieties that accompanied change driving the desire for a more robust and supportive community of professional practice. The ultimate failure of these organisations suggests that improving the professionalism of applied practice in native title anthropology cannot be achieved solely from within the discipline itself. Rather, it will require engagement with and the support of external stakeholders who also have interests in ensuring high quality native title research outcomes.
La antropología desde sus orígenes —más allá de sus encomiables fines científicos— estuvo involucrada en política públicas nacionales en relación a la dominación de territorios, recursos naturales, fuerza de trabajo y culturas. Su rol nunca fue acrítico de su papel, sino que al calor de esas prácticas, produjo reflexiones básicas para la crítica del colonialismo en espacios lejanos a la tradición de Occidente, donde nació. La antropología social en Argentina no es ajena a esta trayectoria. Pero a partir de fines de 1960 pasó a involucrarse —con discontinuidades, marcadas por dictaduras— en políticas públicas y en procesos de desarrollo en comunidades rurales. El artículo además de reseñar esa trayectoria de compromiso con lo 'aplicado', propone discutir apoyado en 'un caso', 3 aspectos teóricos centrales : 1) las relaciones de poder y cultura en los procesos de desarrollo desde que se acuñó el término "colonialismo interno"; 2) el papel del antropólogo en la construcción del 'sujeto colectivo de proyecto', o las formas de gestionar la participación de los 'supuestos beneficiarios' en la elaboración, participación y control de proyectos de desarrollo localizados, como de políticas públicas; y 3) la indispensable necesidad de introducir el trabajo interdisciplinario y la construcción de equipos, tanto para las evaluaciones de políticas públicas, como para su elaboración y análisis contextual, donde la cultura política de las instituciones, como de la sociedad local, juegan un rol fundamental. En el artículo se debaten estas cuestiones teórico-metodológicas sobre un proyecto de desarrollo en el noroeste argentino, cuyos ecos llegan hasta el presente. ; Since its origins, Anthropology - beyond its commendable scientific purposes - was involved in national public policies in relation to the domination of territories, natural resources, labor and cultures. His role was never uncritical of these targets; on the contrary, it resulted in basic practices and ideas to criticize colonialism in traditions outside the Western Civilization, where Anthropology was conceived. The development of Social anthropology in Argentina is far from this trayectory. Nevertheless, from late 1960 onwards, it begun to be engaged in public policies and development processes in rural communities - with discontinuities shaped by different dictatorships. In this article, I will review the brief history of the applied anthropology in Argentina and I will discuss the theoretical and methodological issues of a project developed in an Indian rural community in northwestern Argentina, whose echoes remains until today. Based on this case study, the aim of this article is to discuss the following theoretical aspects: 1) the relationship of power and culture inside process of development, especially since the term "internal colonialism" was coined; 2) the role of the anthropologist in the construction of 'the collective subject of a project', or the ways of managing the participation of the 'intended beneficiaries' in the development, participation and control of particular development projects, as well as public policies; and 3) the imperative need of putting at the front row of public policies' contextual analysis, inception and evaluation the interdisciplinary work and team building. It is in this context where the political culture of the local society and institutions plays a fundamental role.
This article introduces the Journal of Political Ecology Special Section on 'towards a political ecology of applied anthropology.' We provide a brief overview and analysis of the history and application of applied and practicing anthropology. Examining moral and ethical issues related to the application of anthropology, we assess current endeavors and make suggestions for future directions from a political ecology perspective. Introducing five articles that exemplify our approach, we identify common themes and particular contexts that both unify and distinguish each of the contributions. Throughout this introduction, we propose a potential guidepost for a political-ecology informed applied anthropology: any applied anthropology that engages, documents, promotes, and supports cultural diversity, social justice and environmental sustainability is just. Conversely, any applied anthropology that threatens cultural diversity and environmental sustainability is unjust.Key words: applied anthropology, imperialism, political ecology, neoliberalism, ethics
Do the social sciences need to be publicly relevant? Do the social sciences have a moral responsibility to society? These questions have been present in the discipline right from the start. There still is no consensus on the role of the social sciences in nonacademic life or in anthropology. This paper discusses the debate surrounding the public relevance of the social sciences. There is some controversy between those who write about how, why and if anthropology should be applied, and those who actually apply. Nowadays, anthropological involvement in U.S. military action is one of the most precarious fields of engagement. At the core of this involvement are the ubiquitous arguments surrounding the debate between academic and engaged anthropology. Many critics of engagement also point to the past to substantiate their argument. Therefore, a short history of the relationship between engaged anthropology and academic anthropology will be presented. Afterward, the contemporary arguments in favor of and against applied anthropology will be outlined. In addition, the debate will be contextualized in terms of security. Finally, this paper will conclude with an attempt to suggest the future cooperation and merging of the academic and applied social sciences, specifically regarding anthropology.
The aim of this text is to briefly introduce practically oriented discipline called policy analysis, and to do so in the perspective of (applied) social anthropology.After the introductory definition of terms, which are crucial within the area of public policy, such as policy, policy studies, policy evaluation and policy analysis, I continue with the definition of the very policy analysis of which the explanation of its types and gradual steps towards reaching it are the necessary parts. Another part of the study summarizes the interrelation, interconnection and the enrichment of both disciplines – the policy analysis and the social and cultural anthropology. Several roles in which an anthropologist can assert himself/herself are presented in conclusion. ; The aim of this text is to briefly introduce practically oriented discipline called policy analysis, and to do so in the perspective of (applied) social anthropology.After the introductory definition of terms, which are crucial within the area of public policy, such as policy, policy studies, policy evaluation and policy analysis, I continue with the definition of the very policy analysis of which the explanation of its types and gradual steps towards reaching it are the necessary parts. Another part of the study summarizes the interrelation, interconnection and the enrichment of both disciplines – the policy analysis and the social and cultural anthropology. Several roles in which an anthropologist can assert himself/herself are presented in conclusion.
The purpose of our research was to analyze a rehousing operation involving the inhabitants of the Ben M'Sik slum in Casablanca. The analysis of this residential transformation is part of a general problem of "relocation" which observes and questions the practices and the meaning of the various socio-spatial ruptures and rearrangements and transformations at the micro-social scale. It articulates three orders of reality: territoriality, social bond and ethos. We focused on this rehousing operation from an ethnological perspective that favors the emic vision of change - at the scale of a residential unit - in order to identify its own logic and dynamics; and confront them with the exogenous reformations inherent in institutional intervention and its socio-political, architectural and town planning idealities. ; Notre recherche a eu pour objet d'étude l'analyse d'une opération de relogement concernant les habitants du bidonville de Ben M'Sik à Casablanca. L'analyse de cette mutation résidentielle s'inscrit dans une problématique générale de "délocalisation" qui observe et interroge les pratiques et le sens des diverses ruptures et réaménagements socio-spatiaux et transformations à l'échelle micro sociale. Elle articule trois ordres de réalité : territorialité, lien social et ethos. Nous avons porté sur cette opération de relogement un regard de type ethnologique qui privilégie la vision emique du changement - à l'échelle d'une unité résidentielle – afin d'en relever la logique et la dynamique propres; et les confronter aux reformations exogènes inhérentes à l'intervention institutionnelle et à ses idéalités socio-politiques, architecturales et urbanistiques.
The purpose of our research was to analyze a rehousing operation involving the inhabitants of the Ben M'Sik slum in Casablanca. The analysis of this residential transformation is part of a general problem of "relocation" which observes and questions the practices and the meaning of the various socio-spatial ruptures and rearrangements and transformations at the micro-social scale. It articulates three orders of reality: territoriality, social bond and ethos. We focused on this rehousing operation from an ethnological perspective that favors the emic vision of change - at the scale of a residential unit - in order to identify its own logic and dynamics; and confront them with the exogenous reformations inherent in institutional intervention and its socio-political, architectural and town planning idealities. ; Notre recherche a eu pour objet d'étude l'analyse d'une opération de relogement concernant les habitants du bidonville de Ben M'Sik à Casablanca. L'analyse de cette mutation résidentielle s'inscrit dans une problématique générale de "délocalisation" qui observe et interroge les pratiques et le sens des diverses ruptures et réaménagements socio-spatiaux et transformations à l'échelle micro sociale. Elle articule trois ordres de réalité : territorialité, lien social et ethos. Nous avons porté sur cette opération de relogement un regard de type ethnologique qui privilégie la vision emique du changement - à l'échelle d'une unité résidentielle – afin d'en relever la logique et la dynamique propres; et les confronter aux reformations exogènes inhérentes à l'intervention institutionnelle et à ses idéalités socio-politiques, architecturales et urbanistiques.
The purpose of our research was to analyze a rehousing operation involving the inhabitants of the Ben M'Sik slum in Casablanca. The analysis of this residential transformation is part of a general problem of "relocation" which observes and questions the practices and the meaning of the various socio-spatial ruptures and rearrangements and transformations at the micro-social scale. It articulates three orders of reality: territoriality, social bond and ethos. We focused on this rehousing operation from an ethnological perspective that favors the emic vision of change - at the scale of a residential unit - in order to identify its own logic and dynamics; and confront them with the exogenous reformations inherent in institutional intervention and its socio-political, architectural and town planning idealities. ; Notre recherche a eu pour objet d'étude l'analyse d'une opération de relogement concernant les habitants du bidonville de Ben M'Sik à Casablanca. L'analyse de cette mutation résidentielle s'inscrit dans une problématique générale de "délocalisation" qui observe et interroge les pratiques et le sens des diverses ruptures et réaménagements socio-spatiaux et transformations à l'échelle micro sociale. Elle articule trois ordres de réalité : territorialité, lien social et ethos. Nous avons porté sur cette opération de relogement un regard de type ethnologique qui privilégie la vision emique du changement - à l'échelle d'une unité résidentielle – afin d'en relever la logique et la dynamique propres; et les confronter aux reformations exogènes inhérentes à l'intervention institutionnelle et à ses idéalités socio-politiques, architecturales et urbanistiques.
"Printed in the Congressional record of May 11, 1932." ; At head of title: Congressional record, seventy-second Congress, first session. ; Caption title. ; Mode of access: Internet.
The Centre (C.R.C.A.) was established in the early 1950s by Rev. Joseph E. Champagne, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate], Director of the Institute of Missiology at the University of Ottawa, with the help of the National Museum of Canada. It now forms part of St. Paul University, a small private Catholic university run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Oblates have a long history of missionary work in the Canadian North. St. Paul University is federated with the University of Ottawa. Until recently, the Centre functioned mainly as an informal clearing house for anthropological research in Canada. In the last two years, its research and publishing activities have been expanded. It has a particular interest in: social science and community development (socio-economic development and change) with specific emphasis on social, cultural, and applied anthropology; community development in large, sparsely populated frontier areas; and traditional peoples in situations of change and poverty. The geographic regions in which the Centre operates include the Canadian Middle North and Arctic, particularly the Yukon Territory and Northern Ontario. The northern research program is financed almost entirely by a grant from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development under its program of assistance to northern institutes and expeditions. The Centre has a vigorous publications program. It started in 1955 with the publication of Anthropologica, a bilingual journal in the social sciences, and has received support in the past from the Canada Council. The journal has carried a number of papers on the North. . In its monograph series, it has published: "Eskimo Townsmen", a study of Eskimo adaptation to town life at Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, by John and Irma Honigmann; "The Metis of the Mackenzie District", a study of people of Indian and White ancestry in the Northwest Territories by Richard Slobodin; and "Kabloona and Eskimo in the Central Keewatin", by Frank Vallee. . The first of the Centre's Document series dealt with "Community Development in Canada" and included reference to activities in northern Canada; it was written by Antony Loyd, now with the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia. The Centre's Handbook series was initiated with Aleksandrs Sprudzs' "Co-operatives: Notes for a Basic Information Course", which is a guide to establishing and running co-operatives, with particular reference to Eskimo co-operatives . The Centre issues a small bilingual monthly newsletter called "Information," which describes its activities. .
