Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for Contemporary Practice

Abstract

All chapters conclude with Summary. Preface. I. INTRODUCTION. 1. Orientations to an of Policy and Practice. Types of Anthropology. How Does Applied Relate to Anthropological Theory? Some Challenges. 2. A Brief History of Applied Anthropology. Nineteenth-Century Beginnings. Applied between the World Wars. World War II and Its Aftermath. Academic Applied and Consulting for Development, 1950-1970. Applied in Canada. Emergence of the New Applied Anthropology of Policy and Practice: 1970 to the Present. Other National Traditions of Practice. 3. Ethics in Applied Research and Practice. Host Community. Client. Profession of Anthropology. General Public. Professional Codes of Ethics for Research and Practice. Informed Consent. Clinical Model of Informed Consent. Confidentiality and Personal Rights to Privacy. Dissemination of Knowledge. Special Concerns and Dilemmas for Practicing Anthropologists. Summary: Collaboration and Collegiality in Ethical Consultation. II. POLICY ANALYSIS AND PRACTICE. 4. What Is Policy and How Does It Relate to Anthropology? Many Meanings and Contexts of Policy. Policy as a Process. Significance of for Policy. Domains of Policy Activities within Anthropology. Some Roles Taken by Anthropologists in Policy Analysis and Practice. Some Anthropological Stages of Policy Engagement. 5. Strengths, Weaknesses, and Future Directions in Policy Analysis and Practice. Case Study of Policy Research and Action: Comadrona Project. Anthropological Assets for Policy Analysis and Practice. Some Barriers Putting People First in Policy. Case Study: An Anthropological Difference in Policy Illustrated through the International Potato Center. 6. Needs Assessment. What Do We Mean by Needs? Purposes and Expectations of Needs Assessments. Models or Types of Needs Assessments. Methods and Sources of Data for Needs Assessments. Developing the Right Strategies for Needs Assessments. Case Study: Saskatoon Needs Assessment Project. 7. Program Evaluation. Program Evaluation in the Policy Cycle. Methodological Considerations: An Emphasis on Measurement in Quantitative Approaches. Qualitative Approaches. Growth of Qualitative Methodologies. Approaches to Program Evaluation. Some General Considerations. Case Study: An Anthropological Evaluation of an American Government Agency. Case Study: Mexican American Strawberry Co-Op in California. Case Study: Helping to Enhance Self-Evaluations. Other Examples of Anthropological Program Evaluations. 8. Social Impact Assessment. Case Study: Construction of a Science Town in the Canadian Arctic. Stages of Social Impact Assessment. Ethnography and the Ecological Perspective in Social Impact Assessment. Challenges and Controversies. 9. Some Recent Trends in the Application of Environmental Anthropology. Disasters and Involuntary Migration. Environmental Risk Assessment. Case Study: and Ground-Water Contamination. Case Study: Nuclear Wastes and Risk Assessment. Political Ecology, the Environment, and Human Rights Advocacy. Case Study: Uranium Mining on American Indian Reservations. Case Study: Pesticide Bans and Impacts upon Yaqui Children. 10. Advocacy Anthropology. The Truth, Yet Not Necessarily the Whole Truth. Case against Anthropological Advocacy. Response to the Criticism: Pro-Advocacy and Case. Research and Technical Writing: An Advocacy Role for Practicing Anthropologists. Case Study: in Court. Case Study: Bottle-Formula Controversy. Lessons from the Nestle Boycott. Advocacy for Individuals. Case Study: and Intensive Livestock Operations. III. METHODS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH. 11. Ethnography: Participant Observation and Key-Informant Interviewing. Ethnography and Participant Observation. Key-Informant Interviews. 12. Focus Groups and Other Group-Interviewing Techniques. Focus Groups. Nominal Groups. Delphi Groups or Conferences. Appendix: Sample Results from a Delphi Conference Held with Service Providers to Immigrants in Saskatchewan. 13. Quantification through Social Indicators and Questionnaires. Triangulation. Social Indicators. Case Study: Anthropological Improvisation Using Indicators. Survey Questionnaires. Elements of Questionnaire Design and Administration. Case Study: Attitudes on Needle Transfer among Injecting Drug Users in Ohio. Case Study: Programs for Inmates. 14. Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAPs). Problem: Policy Makers in a Hurry, Anthropologists Taking Their Time. What Is Meant by Rapid Assessment. Field Manual Approach to RAP: An Example from the Health Field. Rapid Assessment in Agricultural Development. Some Cautions and Criteria for Effective RAPs. Essentials of the Rapid Assessment Process. Improvisation on the Field Manual Approach. 15. Participatory Research. Participatory Rural Assessment (PRA). Participatory Action Research (PAR). Challenges of Participatory Action Research. Case Study: Language and Heritage Research in the Northwest Territories. Case Study: Work with a Blind and Visually Impaired Group on the Topic of Informational Needs. IV. CONCLUSIONS. 16. Some Principles for More Effective Practice. Keeping a Policy Focus. Consulting with Stakeholders. Communicating Effectively. Advocacy. Maintaining a Wide Range of Skills and Upgrading Them. Maintaining Professionalism and a Sense of Social Responsibility in Ethical Practice. Emphases on Team and Multidisciplinary Work, Establishing Networks, and Submerging Egos. 17. Becoming a Professional. Skills and Aptitudes for Practice. Some Basic Steps toward Getting a Job. Appendix: Some Course Assignments for Applied Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.

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