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Adventures in Aidland: The Anthropology of Professionals in International Development
David Mosse (Ed.)
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Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic attention to a wide ranging variety of professional fields. Among these the encounter with international development has perhaps been longer and more intimate than any of the others. Anthropologists have drawn critical attention to the interfaces and social effects of development's discursive regimes but, oddly enough, have paid scant attention to knowledge producers themselves, despite anthropologists being among them. This is the focus of this volume. It concerns the construction and transmission of knowledge about global poverty and its reduction but is equally interested in the ... Read more
Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic attention to a wide ranging variety of professional fields. Among these the encounter with international development has perhaps been longer and more intimate than any of the others. Anthropologists have drawn critical attention to the interfaces and social effects of development's discursive regimes but, oddly enough, have paid scant attention to knowledge producers themselves, despite anthropologists being among them. This is the focus of this volume. It concerns the construction and transmission of knowledge about global poverty and its reduction but is equally interested in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782380634
SKU
V9781782380634
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About David Mosse (Ed.)
David Mosse is Professor of Social Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has also worked for Oxfam in south India, as a social development adviser for DFID, and as a consultant for various international development agencies. Recent books include Cultivating Development: An ethnography of aid policy and practice (2005); The Aid Effect: Giving and Governing ... Read more
Reviews for Adventures in Aidland: The Anthropology of Professionals in International Development
The contributions are framed by a brief, but rich introductory chapter that contextualizes the anthropology of professional expert knowledge. The volume is concluded by a wonderful (in several meanings), entertaining essay by Raymond Apthorpe.
Forum for Development Studies By denying developing countries cultural specificity, aid agencies can arrogantly perpetuate their own insularity. This is ... Read more
Forum for Development Studies By denying developing countries cultural specificity, aid agencies can arrogantly perpetuate their own insularity. This is ... Read more