The Rise of Anthropological Praxis

Kozaitis, Kathryn A.

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“…To be sure, applied anthropology is all encompassing, in which “engagement” is, and always has been, a given, albeit not without peril (Lamphere ; Dempsey ). I shudder to think that any anthropologists were ever dis engaged; rather, I am inclined to think that they were, and are, engaged differentially in the spectrum of anthropology as work, including the self‐declared academics in their role as teachers, mentors, administrators, and as grant or lab directors (Kozaitis ; Field and Fox ). Engagement implies that investigative research on the nature of economic and political inequities generates not only knowledge about such phenomena, but practical theories, ethics, and methods required to address them (Trotter and Schensul ; Little ; McGuire ).…”

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“…I proposed “center‐outer reform,” a process by which targets of change become agents of change, and the reference point of analysis, intervention, and evaluation of project goals and outcomes (Kottak , ; Kozaitis , ). Attention to structural and sociocultural dimensions of planned change, including history, class, race, gender, class, academic discipline, and professional identity of all participants, informed each phase of the project cycle (Kozaitis ; Goebel et al ).…”

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“…Following favorable outcomes of the pilot, and the endorsement of an NSF officer during her site visit, ESEP adopted officially participatory reform as a “novel, key feature,” that guided an anthropologically informed intervention. The PIs integrated participatory reform as a fourth innovation in the University–APS Partnership (Kozaitis , ; Goebel et al ). Incorporation of ethnographic data and analysis marked the point at which academic anthropology and community strengthening intersected to form a model of university–community engagement (Hyland and Bennett ).…”

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“…Reconciliation of my intellectual and political orientations found expression in anthropological praxis : partnered, ethnographic, community‐based, ethically sound research; inquiry‐ and field‐based instruction; and participatory citizenship within the university (Burnet ; Dewey ; Freire ; Wulff and Fisk ; Warry ; Johannsen 1992; Forman ; Kozaitis ; Lamphere ). Concomitant with my own career trajectory is the commitment to advance the role of applied anthropology in fostering a culture of engagement in higher education, and particularly in Georgia State University.…”

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Anthropological Praxis in Higher Education

Kozaitis

2013

Annals of Anthropol Pract

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The civic value of higher education is in question. Employers, legislators, parents, and students demand “relevant” and “useful” college degrees, especially from urban public universities. Industries seek informed and skilled graduates to strengthen our economy, solve problems, and build healthy and sustainable communities. Public universities, embedded in labor‐market relations, increasingly seek funded partnerships with communities, organizations, and agencies that will lead to practical and (hopefully) favorable outcomes for each constituency. The engaged university may be a symptom of neoliberal policies, and the “audit cultures” that these foster; but it may also be a movement by college faculty, students, and administrators who, with social justice as the reference point of their work, engage in community‐based research as critics of raw economic development, and as agents of responsible community development. Here I discuss my academic workload as anthropological praxis in the three areas of faculty performance evaluation: engaged research, instruction, and service. I demonstrate the ways through which applied anthropology helped me to promote “engagement” at Georgia State University as a core value, goal, and practice in my capacities as ethnographer, an educator, and a citizen. This model of engagement illustrates the potential for engaged fieldwork, the hallmark of applied anthropology, to strengthen our contributions to the publics that support us, and to institutions of higher education that may benefit from our theories, ethics, and methods for the advancement of social justice within, and outside, the walls of academia.

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Anthropological Praxis in Higher Education

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2013

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“…Some applied anthropologists in the critical tradition have embraced the notion of praxis as a model of and for community engagement (e.g., Gow 1993;Kozaitis 2000;Singer 1994;Warry 1992). Praxis -defi ned loosely here as theoretically informed practice -of course has a long history in Western philosophy and politics, and includes a variety of thinkers from Aristotle to Bacon to Kant to Hegel to Marx to Gramsci to Sartre.…”

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Tourism and Applied Anthropology in Theory and Praxis

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2012

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INTRODUCTION: PREPARING ANTHROPOLOGISTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

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With its sustained emphasis on creating, implementing, and maintaining positive impacts on issues of local, national, and global importance, applied anthropology continues to be a crucial and relevant field of study. Its practitioners demonstrate their engagement in multifarious ways both in and outside the academy, showcasing their commitment not only to the tenets of academic rigor, but also to challenges shaped by real‐world situations. This unique volume of 14 articles by 16 academics and practitioners provides specific advice to students on both the tangible benefits and potential disadvantages of careers in applied anthropology in the national and international arenas. Contributors offer practical, step‐by‐step advice on practicing anthropology with an M.A. degree, careers in national and international consultancy, small consulting business development, executive leadership, combining careers in applied anthropology and the academy, field school training, collaborative research and public engagement, applied anthropology in nonanthropological settings, among others. Although most draw on their personal life histories and careers as illustrations, their focus is on reflection, analysis, and recommendations that result from their experiences. The contributors to this volume stress the contemporary relevance of anthropology, the advantages of obtaining training in anthropology, and the plethora of opportunities to put anthropology to use in the real world with exceptional results.

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The Rise of Anthropological Praxis

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Anthropological Praxis in Higher Education

Anthropological Praxis in Higher Education

Tourism and Applied Anthropology in Theory and Praxis

INTRODUCTION: PREPARING ANTHROPOLOGISTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

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