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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153747703321

Titolo

The public value of anthropology : engaging critical social issues through ethnography / / edited by Elisabeth Tauber, Dorothy Zinn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bozen-Bolzano, : bu, press, 2015

ISBN

88-6046-114-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174)

Soggetti

Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Accessible to non-specialists and researchers interested in ethnography, this volume offers an introduction into the uses of anthropology for engaging contemporary social issues. The editors’ essay surveys the development of anthropological research from its early exotic, non-Western focus to today’s debate over increasingly engaged approaches within a globalized society. The case studies utilize anthropology’s hallmark ethnographic methodology to address issues ranging from refugee reception and recognition to fair trade, intercultural education, and encounters with Gypsy populations.