Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Applied Anthropology: An Introduction

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• PREFACE
• SOLVING PROBLEMS ANTHROPOLOGICALLY
• SHARING A TRADITION OF PRACTICE
• ORIENTATION OF THE TEXT
• IS IT ANTHROPOLOGY?
• CONTENT OF THE BOOK
• ABOUT THE REVISED EDITION
• Acknowledgments
• Part I Introduction and Overview
• 1 The Domain of Application
• PRACTITIONER ROLES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
• CONTENT AREAS FOR APPLIED WORK
• APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY: WHAT IS IT?
• DOMAIN OF APPLICATION
• KNOWING THE DOMAIN OF APPLICATION
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• CHAPTER 2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY
• THE PREDISCIPLINARY STAGE (Pre-1860)
• THE APPLIED ETHNOLOGY STAGE (1860-1930)
• THE FEDERAL SERVICE STAGE (1930-1945)
• THE ROLE EXTENSION, VALUE-EXPLICIT STAGE (1945-1970)
• THE POLICY RESEARCH STAGE (1970 TO THE PRESENT)
• Social Organization
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• Ethics
• ETHICAL ISSUES
• PRIVACY
• CONSENT
• UTILITY
• COMMUNICATION
• SOME RECENT PROBLEM CASES
• GUIDES TO ETHICAL PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• Part II Interventions In Anthropology
• 4 ACTION ANTHROPOLOGY
• Development Of The Approach
• Key Concepts
• BASE VALUES
• ACTION ANTHROPOLOGY PROCESS
• CASE STUDY: THE FOX PROJECT
• Fox Problems
• Fox Factionalism
• Authority and Leadership
• Structural Paralysis
• Project Objectives
• Economic Development
• Education Projects
• Outcomes
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• 5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANTHROPOLOGY
• Development Of The Approach
• KEY CONCEPTS
• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
• CASE STUDY: THE CORNELL-PERU PROJECT AT VICOS
• The Community
• Project Goals
• Economic Development at Vicos
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• 6 Community Development
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPROACH
• KEY CONCEPTS
• VALUE SYSTEM
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
• CASE STUDY
• THE TOHONO O'ODHAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
• Context of the Program
• Development Strategy
• Goals of the Program
• Selection of Workers
• Effects on Community Facilities
• Economic Effects
• Sociopolitical Effects
• Bureaucratic Effects
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• 7 Advocacy Anthropology
• DEVELOPMENT OF ADVOCACY TECHNIQUES
• KEY CONCEPTS
• The primary reference group of the community advocate anthropologist is the community. It is through an understanding of this relationship that we can best understand the nature of community advocacy anthropology. A key concept is collaboration: collaboration between anthropologists and community leadership focusing on the former's research skills and the latter's information needs. Community advocacy anthropology is an involved-in-the-action process. It is based on two fundamental assumptions. First, "Anthropological research should provide information to the population under study which contributes to the development of the community and the improvement of community life" ( Schensul 1973:111). The research effort is focused on
• COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION
• The Nine Steps
• THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AND EL BARRIO
• Initial Program Context
• Commando Anthropology
• The Community Research Unit and El Centro de la Causa
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• 8 Cultural Brokerage
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPROACH
• KEY CONCEPTS
• THE CULTURE BROKER'S ROLE
• PROCESS OF CULTURAL BROKERAGE
• Phases of the Process
• THE MIAMI COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
• Teams at Work: Some Examples
• SUMMARY
• Further Reading
• 9 Social Marketing
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPROACH
• KEY CONCEPTS
• SOCIAL MARKETING PROCESS
• Stages in Social Marketing
• SOCIAL MARKETING AND FOCUS GROUPS
• CASE STUDY: BEST START--A BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION PROJECT
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• Part III: Policy Research in Anthropology
• 10 Anthropology as a Policy Science
• POLICY PROCESS
• CURRENT TYPES OF POLICY RESEARCH PRACTICE
• Criteria Used in Cultural Appraisal of Projects
• INCREASING THE USE OF POLICY RESEARCH
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Client
• Community and Politics
• Research Process
• Time
• Advocacy
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• 11 Social Impact Assessment
• DEFINITION OF SIA
• NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
• Environmental Impact Statement
• CASE STUDY: EL LLANO PROJECT
• Community Characteristics
• METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
• A Community Profile Outline
• SOME FORECASTING TECHNIQUES
• ASSESSMENT
• POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF EL LLANO PROJECT
• EVALUATION--THE LAST STEP
• SUMMARY
• Further Reading
• 12 Evaluation
• INTEGRATED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• EVALUATION PROCESS
• I
• II
• III
• Soft Designs
• Hard Designs
• PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF EVALUATION
• CASE STUDIES: FOUR EVALUATIONS
• Evaluating Housing Policy Innovations
• Evaluating a Health Project Sponsored by a Private Voluntary Organization
• Evaluating a Jobs Program in Philadelphia
• Assessing Community Needs in Saskatoon
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• 13 Technology Development Research
• FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH
• Historic Antecedents
• Limits of the Top-down Approaches
• FSR PROCESS
• Rapid Research Techniques
• DIAGNOSIS AND DESCRIPTION
• CASE STUDY: NORTH KORDOFAN (SUDAN) SORGHUM AND MILLET STUDY
• Research Methods
• Farming System
• Constraints
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• Part IV: Being a professional
• 14 Making a Living
• LOOKING FOR WORK
• ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND THE JOB MARKET
• BEING A CONSULTANT
• Reasons for Using Consultants
• Consulting Process
• COMMUNICATION WITH CLIENTS
• DOING RESEARCH FOR THE GOVERNMENT
• Contracts and Grants
• TIES TO THE ACADEMIC WORLD
• SUMMARY
• FURTHER READING
• Bibliography
• About the Author