Professor Stephen Grant Baines: The Power of International Networks

Stephen Grant Baines’ essay reveals an exceptionally energetic career in anthropology, focusing on what I call “useful anthropology,” which addresses dilemmas facing real people and communities in the present day. He does this by employing conventional anthropological methods and theory, in particu...

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Gepubliceerd in:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aa,
Hoofdauteur: Miller, Bruce Granville
Formaat: Article ou chapitre numérique
Taal:Anglais
Gepubliceerd in: Anuário Antropológico 2024
Online toegang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Samenvatting:Stephen Grant Baines’ essay reveals an exceptionally energetic career in anthropology, focusing on what I call “useful anthropology,” which addresses dilemmas facing real people and communities in the present day. He does this by employing conventional anthropological methods and theory, in particular ethnographic fieldwork, in a wide variety of locations, including prisons, rural Indigenous communities, urban settings, government offices, and many more. His aim, in one branch of his work, h...