What Anthropologists Do

GlossaryIntroductionWhat do anthropologists do?Employing AnthropologyConducting ResearchChapter 1. Anthropology and AdvocacyBalancing ActsFacilitating Cross-cultural CommunicationDefending Livelihoods and KnowledgeHuman Rights Land RightsParticipatory ActionChapter 2. Anthropology and AidCrossing BoundariesAid and AmbiguityNGO-graphyAssisting AidDealing with DisplacementUnderstanding Race and RacismChapter 3. Anthropology and DevelopmentCritiquing DevelopmentIn DevelopmentConnecting Multiple RealitiesConserving Cultural DiversityGlobalizationChapter 4. Anthropology and the Environment'Environmental' Problems Indigenous KnowledgesPolitical EcologyUnpacking GarbageHuman-Animal RelationsAnthropology and EnvironmentalismChapter 5. Anthropology and GovernanceThe Big PictureThe Not So Big PictureHome WorkPrescription and PersuasionEducationChapter 6. Anthropology, Business and IndustryMoney MattersAnthropologists in BusinessMultinational and Multicultural CommunicationAnthropology and Communications MediaMarketing AnthropologyDesigning AnthropologyChapter 7. Anthropology and HealthHealth in a Cultural ContextFrom The Cradle to The GraveFood and LifestyleUnderstanding DiseaseDrug Cultures and CrimeManaging HealthChapter 8. Anthropology, Art and Identity Defining IdentityGender and SexualityRace, Nationalism and Social Movements Representing IdentityArt and PerformanceMuseums and Cultural HeritageFilm and PhotographyConclusionApplying AnthropologyInterdisciplinary AnthropologyTransferring Anthropology What Kind of People Become Anthropologists?Appendix 1. Studying AnthropologyAppendix 2. Further ReadingAppendix 3. Other resourcesAnthropology Associations and NetworksAnthropology JournalsVirtual Libraries in AnthropologyBibliographyAcknowledgements