Applied anthropology in Australasia /
Saved in:
| Imprint: | Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1999. |
|---|---|
| Description: | 296 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3753942 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Heuristic, Historical and Theoretical Developments
- 1. The Resurgence of Applied Anthropology in a Post-Exotic World: An Australian Perspective
- 2. The Scientific Attitude in Applied Anthropology
- South and Southeast Asia
- 3. Anthropology and Community Forestry in Nepal
- 4. Anthropology and HIV/AIDS Research in Thailand: Drinking Rituals and the Construction of Masculinity among Northern Thai Men
- 5. Banking on the People: The Creation of General Rural Credit in Indonesia
- 6. Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: The Dilemma of Applied Anthropology (Two Case Studies from Southeastern Indonesia)
- 7. Autonomy and the Privileging of Knowledge and Space in Western Development Practice (A Case Study of Intervention in Northeast Thailand)
- 8. Creating Knowledge: Scientific Knowledge and Local Adoption in Rice-integrated Pest Management (A Case Study from Subang, West Java, Indonesia)
- Aboriginal Australia
- 9. Brief Encounters: Doing 'Rapid Ethnography' in Aboriginal Australia
- 10. Anthropological Practice and Aboriginal Heritage (A Case Study from Western Australia)
- 11. Constructions of Aboriginal Tradition for Public Purpose
- 12. At the Grass-roots: Collecting and Communities in Aboriginal Australia
- Contributors
