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Public anthropology in a borderless world /

Anthropologists have acted as experts and educators on the nature and ways of life of people worldwide, working to understand the human condition in broad comparative perspective. As a discipline, anthropology has often advocated - and even defended - the cultural integrity, authenticity, and autono...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Beck, Sam (Editor ), Maida, Carl A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Colección:Studies in public and applied anthropology ; volume 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Anthropologists have acted as experts and educators on the nature and ways of life of people worldwide, working to understand the human condition in broad comparative perspective. As a discipline, anthropology has often advocated - and even defended - the cultural integrity, authenticity, and autonomy of societies across the globe. Public anthropology today carries out the discipline's original purpose, grounding theories in lived experience and placing empirical knowledge in deeper historical and comparative frameworks. This is a vitally important kind of anthropology that has the goal of im.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782387312
1782387315