{"product_id":"engaged-observer-anthropology-advocacy-and-activism-paperback","title":"Engaged Observer: Anthropology, Advocacy, and Activism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Sanford\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAsale Angel-Ajani\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAsale Angel-Ajani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthropology has long been associated with an ethos of \"engagement.\" The field's core methods and practices involve long-term interpersonal contact between researchers and their study participants, giving major research topics in the field a distinctively human face. Can research findings be authentic and objective? Are anthropologists able to use their data to aid the participants of their study, and is that aid always welcome? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEngaged Observer, \u003c\/i\u003e Victoria Sanford and Asale Angel-Ajani bring together an international array of scholars who have been embedded in some of the most conflict-ridden and dangerous zones in the world to reflect on the role and responsibility of anthropological inquiry. They explore issues of truth and objectivity, the role of the academic, the politics of memory, and the impact of race, gender, and social position on the research process. Through ethnographic case studies, they offer models for conducting engaged research and illustrate the contradictions and challenges of doing so.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Sanford \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of anthropology at Lehman College, CUNY. Asale Angel-Ajani is an assistant professor in the Gallatin School at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130551603335,"sku":"9780813538921","price":71.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cca971f61396861b3f39500030d21c81.webp?v=1732611811","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/engaged-observer-anthropology-advocacy-and-activism-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}