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Collaborations: Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age

Hardback

Main Details

Title Collaborations: Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Emma Heffernan
Edited by Fiona Murphy
Edited by Jonathan Skinner
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:280
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781350002265
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 2 Tables, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 9 July 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Collaborations responds to the growing pressure on the humanities and social sciences to justify their impact and utility after cuts in public spending, and the introduction of neoliberal values into academia. Arguing 'in defense of' anthropology, the editors demonstrate the continued importance of the discipline and reveal how it contributes towards solving major problems in contemporary society. They also illustrate how anthropology can not only survive but thrive under these conditions. Moreover, Collaborations shows that collaboration with other disciplines is the key to anthropology's long-term sustainability and survival, and explores the challenges that interdisciplinary work presents. The book is divided into two parts: Anthropology and Academia, and Anthropology in Practice. The first part features examples from anthropologists working in academic settings which range from the life, behavioural, and social sciences to the humanities, arts, and business. The second part highlights detailed ethnographic contributions on topics such as peace negotiations, asylum seekers, prostitution, and autism. Collaborations is an important read for students, scholars, and professional and applied anthropologists as it explores how anthropology can remain relevant in the contemporary world and how to prevent it from becoming an increasingly isolated and marginalized discipline.

Author Biography

Emma Heffernan is Clinical Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Fiona Murphy is Research Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast, UK. Jonathan Skinner is Reader in Anthropology at the University of Roehampton, UK.