Anthropology and Activism: New Contexts, New Conversations

Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive and current look at the complex relationship between anthropology and activism. Activism has become a vibrant research topic within anthropology. Many scholars now embrace their own roles as engaged social actors, which has compelled reflexive attention to the anthropology/activism intersection and its implications. With contributions by emerging scholars as well as leading activist anthropologists, this volume illuminates the diverse ways in which the anthropology/activism relationship is being navigated. Chapters touch on key areas including environment and extraction, food sustainability and security, migration and human rights, health disparities and healthcare access, class and gender identities and empowerment, and the defense of democracy. Case studies (drawn mainly from North America) encourage readers to think through their own experiences and expectations and will serve as durable documentation of how movements develop and change. This timely survey of the activist anthropological landscape is valuable reading in an era of widely perceived ecological and political crisis, where disinterested data collection increasingly appears to be a luxury that neither the discipline nor the world can afford.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781000093377

Related ISBNs:

9781003028598, 9780367514259, 9780367514259, 9780367464097, 9780367464097

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/29/20

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Anna J. Willow and Kelly A. Yotebieng

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Anna J Willow

Edited by:

Kelly A Yotebieng