The Pure and the Impure? Reflections on Applying Anthropology and Doing Ethnography

Writing in 1981, Raymond Firth complained that ‘much has been written of what anthropology can do, little has been shown of what anthropology has done’. Uncertainty as to the applicability of anthropology as a practical discipline is not new. This volume, and the efforts of which it is a part, marks...

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Published inApplications of Anthropology Vol. 2; p. 72
Main Author Simon Roberts
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Berghahn Books 15.12.2005
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition1
Subjects
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied sciences
Behavioral sciences
Business
Business information
Consumer research
Cultural anthropology
Ethnography
Ethnology
Field research
Motivation
Motivation research
Observational research
Participant observation
Personality psychology
Psychology
Research methods
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ISBN9781845450632
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Summary:Writing in 1981, Raymond Firth complained that ‘much has been written of what anthropology can do, little has been shown of what anthropology has done’. Uncertainty as to the applicability of anthropology as a practical discipline is not new. This volume, and the efforts of which it is a part, marks a re-engagement with a critical question confronting organised anthropology in the U.K., namely, what is the present and future of anthropology outside the academy? From this question spring others, including how the subject is taught and its contribution to, and voice in, wider society. This chapter is an account
ISBN:9781845450632
1845450639