Expert Knowledge: First World Peoples, Consultancy, and Anthropology

by Rohan Bastin (Editor), Barry Morris (Editor), Janine R. Wedel (Editor), Craig R. Janes (Editor)

Overview

...a useful addition to the literature on professional knowledge and its application to problems extant in neoliberal settings. - PoLAR

The professionalization of anthropology through practical engagement is a major force underpinning the reformulations of the nature of the anthropological project. It is therefore imperative that anthropologists critically explore the conditions of their practices, to determine the difficulties and limitations to their ethical practice. These essays examine the application of expert knowledge in fields where there is the expectation of considerable cultural, social, and political consequence for human populations as a result of state, corporate, or non-governmental re-organization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845450038
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	07/01/2004
Series:	Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis , #4
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rohan Bastin

Barry Morris

Janine R. Wedel

Craig R. Janes, Stevan Weine, Ralph Cintron, Ferid Agani, Elissa Dresden, Van Griffith, June Nash, Alcida Rita Ramos, Georg Henriksen, Richard Daly, Steven Robins, Barry Morris, Roland Kapferer.

Editorial Reviews

"...a useful addition to the literature on professional knowledge and its application to problems extant in neoliberal settings." - PoLAR

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