Reflections on Becoming an Applied Anthropologist

• Published in: Anthropologica (Ottawa) Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 195 - 205
• Main Author: Preston, Richard J. "Dick"
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Waterloo Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2008; Canadian Anthropology Society
• Subjects: Academic departments; Academic disciplines; Address: Weaver-Tremblay Award 2006; Age differences; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Careers; Colleges & universities; Communities; Consciousness; Context; Cree people; Critical theory; Cultural anthropology; Cultural differences; Cultural identity; Ethnography; Ethnology; Graduate studies; Human nature; Humanism; Ideology; Inquiry method; Linguistic anthropology; Listening; Museums; Music; Natural environment; Personality; Political anthropology; Recognition; Research Methodology; Sapir, Edward; School surveys; Sociology; Spoken language; Work; James Bay Canada
• ISSN: 0003-5459; 2292-3586

In responding to the honour given me by this 2006 Weaver-Tremblay Award, I will sketch some aspects of my academic and non-academic background, ponder the label "applied," discuss the balance between intellectual inquiry and pragmatic anthropology, and give some examples of my applied work, focusing on the James Bay region. /// L'honneur de recevoir le prix Weaver-Tremblay m'amène à relater quelques éléments de mon parcours universitaire et non-universitaire, à réfléchir sur la nature de l'étiquette " appliquée ", à discuter de l'équilibre entre la recherche intellectuelle et l'anthropologie pragmatique, et, enfin, à donner quelques exemples de mes travaux appliqués en focalisant sur la région de la Baie James.