Overview
- Provides new insights into Scandinavian anthropology’s longstanding experience of doing public anthropology
- Offers original insights into being a public anthropologist, including inspirational thoughts of how anthropologists can contribute in and expand the public sphere
- Includes seven different cases that explore the nexus of anthropology and public work
Part of the book series: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference (ATSIAD)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“Engaged Anthropology demonstrates both the enduring value of anthropological engagements outside the academy and the capacity of the discipline to inform the public about some of the most pressing social and political issues of our time. The critical perspectives advanced by anthropologists on matters as diverse as immigration policy, humanitarian assistance and political conflict bring a fresh voice to public debates and represent a new way of thinking about global complexity. I recommend this excellent collection to all those interested in exploring anthropology’s potential as a moral and empirical social science discipline led by public intellectuals.” (Richard Ashby Wilson, Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of Connecticut, USA)
“This well-curated volume offers an enlightening and inspiring mix of reflections on the ethical and political challenges of engaged anthropology by leading Scandinavian ethnographers. It is a welcome addition to the emerging literature on anthropology's impact in the world: on policy, on collaborators, on public opinion, and on the ethnographer herself.” (Catherine Besteman, Professor of Anthropology at Colby College, USA, and author of “Making Refuge”)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Tone Bringa is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interests are in political anthropology and include such themes as ethnic conflict and co-existence, practiced Islam, post-socialist society, and state-collapse.
Synnøve Bendixsen is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interests include irregular migration, political mobilization, Islam and Muslims in Europe, religiosity, and urban anthropology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engaged Anthropology
Book Subtitle: Views from Scandinavia
Editors: Tone Bringa, Synnøve Bendixsen
Series Title: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40484-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40483-7Published: 28 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82115-3Published: 04 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40484-4Published: 15 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-305X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3068
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 190
Topics: Social Anthropology