Engaged Anthropology Views from Scandinavia [Paperback]

In this volume, leading public anthropologists examine paths towards public engagement and discuss their experiences with engaged anthropology in arenas such as the media, international organizations, courtrooms, and halls of government. They discuss topics ranging from migration to cultural understanding, justice, development aid, ethnic conflict, war, and climate change. Through these examples of hands-on experience, the book provides a unique account of challenges faced, opportunities taken, and lessons learned. It illustrates the potential efficacy of an anthropology that engages with critical social and political issues.

Introduction

Chapter 1: From the Warzone to the Courtroom: The Anthropologist as Witness

Chapter 2: Engaging Anthropology: An Auto-Ethnographic Approach 

Chapter 3: Doing Research in a Politicized Field and Surviving It: Lessons Learned from Migration Research

Chapter 4: Treading on a Minefield: Anthropology and the Debate about Honor Killings in Sweden 

Chapter 5: Social Anthropology and the Shifting Discourses about Immigrants in Norway

Chapter 6: Gender and Universal Rights: Dilemmas and Anthropological Engagement

Chapter 7: Europe and the Pacific: Engaging Anthropology in EU Policy-Making and Development Cooperation

Chapter 8: Engaging Anthropology in Sudan

Tone Bringa is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interests are in political anthropology and include such themes as ethnic conflict and co-existence, practiced Islam, post-socialist society, and state-collapse.

Synn?ve Bendixsen is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interests include irregular migration, political mobilizatiolƒQ