Collaborations: Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age

Author:   Emma Heffernan ,  Fiona Murphy ,  Jonathan Skinner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781350002265


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   27 July 2020
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Collaborations responds to the growing pressure on the humanities and social sciences to justify their impact and utility after cuts in public spending, and the introduction of neoliberal values into academia. Arguing ‘in defense of’ anthropology, the editors demonstrate the continued importance of the discipline and reveal how it contributes towards solving major problems in contemporary society. They also illustrate how anthropology can not only survive but thrive under these conditions. Moreover, Collaborations shows that collaboration with other disciplines is the key to anthropology’s long-term sustainability and survival, and explores the challenges that interdisciplinary work presents. The book is divided into two parts: Anthropology and Academia, and Anthropology in Practice. The first part features examples from anthropologists working in academic settings which range from the life, behavioural and social sciences to the humanities, arts and business. The second part highlights detailed ethnographic contributions on topics such as peace negotiations, asylum seekers, prostitution and autism. Collaborations is an important read for students, scholars and professional and applied anthropologists as it explores how anthropology can remain relevant in the contemporary world and how to prevent it from becoming an increasingly isolated and marginalized discipline.

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Author:   Emma Heffernan ,  Fiona Murphy ,  Jonathan Skinner
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781350002265


ISBN 10:   1350002267
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   27 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction Part 1: Anthropology and Academia; 1. Symbiotic or Parasitic? Universities, Academic Capitalism and the Global Knowledge Economy; 2. Leave a Light On For Us: The Future of a Collaborative Anthropology in the Neoliberal University; 3. Most Humanistic, Most Scientific: Experiencing Anthropology in the Humanities and Life Sciences; 4. Polyphony for the Ivory Tower Blues: Critical Pedagogies in Graduate Professional Development; 5. Symbiosis or Entrepreneurialism? Ambivalent Anthropologies in the Age of the (Neo)Liberal Arts; 6. Matters of Anthropology and Social Justice: Reflections on Collaborations; Part 2: Anthropology in/of Practice; 7. Anthropology, Art and Design as Collaborative Agents of Change for a Sustainable Future: The Give a Shit Project as Case Study; 8. Anthropology and Architecture: Motives and Ethics in Creating Knowledge; 9. Collaboration in Crisis: Towards a Holistic Approach to Health and Social Care Supports for Vulnerable Populations; 10. Anthropology and Peace Making; 11. More Than a Matter of Proportion: A Critical Consideration of Anthropology’s Role in Peace and Conflict Studies; 12. For Christ and State: Collaboration, EJK, and the Communal Subject

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Emma Heffernan is Clinical Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Fiona Murphy is Research Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. Jonathan Skinner is Reader in Anthropology at the University of Roehampton, UK.

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