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The Meskwaki and Anthropologists: Action Anthropology Reconsidered
Judith M. Daubenmier
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Hardback. Illuminates how the University of Chicago's innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. Drawing on interviews and archival records, this work tells the story from the viewpoint of the Meskwaki themselves. It also assesses the impact of Action Anthropology on the Meskwaki settlement. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 768.
The Meskwaki and Anthropologists illuminates how the University of Chicago’s innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. From 1948 to 1958, the Meskwaki community near Tama, Iowa, became effectively a testing ground for a new method of practicing anthropology proposed by anthropologists and graduate students at the University of Chicago in response to pressure from the Meskwaki. Action Anthropology, as the program was called, attempted to more evenly distribute the benefits of anthropology by way of anthropologists helping the Native communities they studied.
The legacy of Action Anthropology has received limited attention, but ... Read more
The Meskwaki and Anthropologists illuminates how the University of Chicago’s innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. From 1948 to 1958, the Meskwaki community near Tama, Iowa, became effectively a testing ground for a new method of practicing anthropology proposed by anthropologists and graduate students at the University of Chicago in response to pressure from the Meskwaki. Action Anthropology, as the program was called, attempted to more evenly distribute the benefits of anthropology by way of anthropologists helping the Native communities they studied.
The legacy of Action Anthropology has received limited attention, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
Series
Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803217324
SKU
V9780803217324
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About Judith M. Daubenmier
Judith M. Daubenmier is a lecturer in the American Culture Program at the University of Michigan.
Reviews for The Meskwaki and Anthropologists: Action Anthropology Reconsidered
"This inspiring reconsideration of an important moment in twentieth-century American anthropology is richly annotated, with an excellent index and bibliography and two appendices listing the participants in the project and the published works that emerged. The book leaves the reader with a better understanding of the possibilities for and complexities of collaborative ethnographic work."—Larry Nesper, Collaborative Anthropologies "Timely and appealing ... Read more