Revitalizing Applied Anthropology Through Field Schools: Insights and Advice on Starting and Running Applied/Engaged Field Schools

CHAIRS: ROBERTSON, William (U Memphis) and FLEURIET, K. Jill (UTSA)

ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: FLEURIET, K. Jill (UTSA), LAMBERT-PENNINGTON, Katherine and ROBERTSON, William (U Memphis)

 

Many students gain hands-on experience and training in applied anthropology through the dozens of field schools offered around the world. Field schools are incredibly helpful for revitalizing applied anthropology because they present the next generation of applied anthropologists with opportunities for reflection on the discipline’s past while they help to build our discipline’s future. This roundtable brings together applied anthropologists who have established field schools around the globe to share insights and advice on how to begin a new field school as well as how to run a field school once it is established.

Speakers

• William Robertson, University of Memphis, Assistant Professor
• Katherine Lambert-Pennington, University of Memphis Full-time , Director School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy and Associate Professor of Anthropology