Applied Anthropologists at the Boundries: Theory and Practical Outcomes (WAPA)

CHAIR: KRIEGER, Laurie (Manoff Grp)

ABSTRACT: Applied anthropologists often practicing outside the academy transcend disciplinary and theoretical boundaries in working with non-anthropologist colleagues
whose theories and models may include predictive paradigms. Trained in a discipline mostly unconcerned with prediction, we nevertheless apply anthropological theories and
methods to "real world" situations to improve the lives of the often marginalized populations with whom we work. This panel of applied anthropologists from the Washington, D.C.
area takes a hard look at whether and how anthropological theories and methods have assisted in achieving and predicting "real world" outcomes in our work.

EDBERG, Mark (George Wash U)
YODER, Stan (Macro Int'l)
ORNDORFF, Sarah (George Wash U)
CRISTIAN, Viviana (WAPA)

Session took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.