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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139933003321

Titolo

Careers in anthropology : profiles of practitioner anthropologists / / Paula L. W. Sabloff, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Arlington, England] : , : American Anthropological Association, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-282-17179-8

9786612171796

1-4443-0715-0

1-4443-0716-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

NAPA Bulletin ; ; 20

Disciplina

301

301.023

301/.023

Soggetti

Anthropology - Vocational guidance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Careers in Anthropology Profiles of Practitioner Anthropologists; Contents; Introduction; SECTION I: Practitioners in the Private Sector; Putting Anthropology to Work; Practicing Anthropologist, Evaluator, Father?; From the Desert of Southeastern Idaho to the Consulting World of the East Coast; Applied Anthropology in the Management of Native American Cultural Resources: Archaeology, Ethnography, and History of Traditional Cultural Places; You Gotta Have Friends; Challenging a Paradigm in Two Directions: Anthropologists in Business and the Business of Practicing Anthropology

Communicating AnthropologyEngaging Anthropology in the Nonprofit Sector; SECTION II: Policy, Human Rights, and Advocacy Practitioners; The Business of a Sustainable Career: Environmental Anthropology; Practicing Anthropology in the Human Rights Arena; Working as an Independent Consultant; Projects Parse My Work Life; SECTION III: Government, Human Services, and Museum Practitioners; Anthropology in the Contemporary Museum; A Public Archaeologist in a Public



Agency; Update on Projects Recovery and CONNECT; What Your Adviser Will Never Tell You

SECTION IV: International Development PractitionersOn the Road Again: International Development Consulting; Nonacademic Experience and Changing Views of the Discipline; Reflections on Ethics Working in International Development; SECTION V: Academically Centered Practitioners; Building a Bridge between Academics and Practice; A Double Life in Anthropology; My Journey along the Path of Public Health; Practicing Anthropology in Public Health and Medical Education; Constructing a Workplace: A Personal Tale from a Practicing Anthropologist

Integrating Anthropologists into Nonacademic Work SettingsDirecting Organizational Culture Change through Strategic Planning and Leadership; Uniting Theory and Practice in American Corporations; On Being an Anthropologist-Citizen; Anthropology in Disaster Research and Management

Sommario/riassunto

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropologydedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methodsmost editions available for course adoption