Acting with the Community: Applied Anthropology in a New Perspective Curiosity
Curiosity and Commitment: Perspectives on the Transformation of European Universities,, Arantes Lydia Maria,Eisch-Angus Katharina,Pöttler Burkhard,Verhovsek Johann, Editör, Graz University, Graz, ss.43-60, 2024
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Mesleki Kitap
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Yayınevi: Graz University
- Basıldığı Şehir: Graz
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.43-60
- Editörler: Arantes Lydia Maria,Eisch-Angus Katharina,Pöttler Burkhard,Verhovsek Johann, Editör
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Over the past two decades, there has been an increased interest in community-engaged research in academia, as evidenced by the popularization of fields such as community archaeology, indigenous geography, studies in social well-being and sustainable development. In this essay, I take this new moment of scholarly reflexivity and activism in social sciences as an occasion to revisit the significance of applied research in contemporary anthropology. I discuss the legitimacy and effectiveness of applied anthropology in engaging with the current social reality while also pointing to the ethico-political issues involved in this sub-discipline. I am primarily concerned with how to reconcile research with advocacy and action without reproducing and creating new forms of asymmetries between the researcher and the researched.
KEYWORDS:
Applied anthropology, action research, participatory methods, cultural critique, academic neoliberalization