Collaborations Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age

• Main Authors: Heffernan, Emma, Murphy, Fiona, Skinner, Jonathan
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2021; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Anthropology; Neoliberalism; Collaborative Anthropology; Sex Workers; Good Life; Liberal Arts; UK Muslim Community; Human Suffering; Liberal Arts Colleges; Neoliberal University; Graduate Professional Development; Augustana College; Conflict Studies; Design Anthropology; Young Men; Street Based Sex Workers; UN; Dance Anthropology; Queen’s University Belfast; UK White Paper; Professional Development; Precarious Academics; Preparing Future Faculty; Public Engagement; Collaborative Interdisciplinary Approach; HAU; University Of Wisconsin
• ISBN: 1350002267; 9780367562793; 9781350002265; 0367562790
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003084945

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.