Why Forbes Magazine Is Wrong: Communicating the Value of Anthropology - Mazzeo

Why Forbes Magazine Is Wrong: Communicating the Value of Anthropology, Part I

 

CHAIR: HIGGINS, Rylan (St Mary’s U) 

HIGGINS, Rylan (Saint Mary’s U) Writing for the Public: Occasionally Hostile Encounters Wednesday, March 25 – Thursday, March 2625 

DEAN, Erin (New Coll Florida) “Our Project”: Applying BARA’s Model of Community 

MAZZEO, John (DePaul U) Household Production of Health and the Contributions of a Livelihoods Systems Framework for Community Health 

PIEKIELEK, Jessica (S OR U) Mentoring Students to Articulate Anthropology’s Value: Teaching Applied Anthropology 

BURKE, Brian J. (Appalachian State U) Useful to Whom?: Anthropological Collaborations with Community Activists to Challenge Capital, the State, and Scientific Expertise  

DEUBEL, Tara F. (USF) Partnerships in Development: Adding Anthropological Value to Mixed-Method Team Research

 

Why Forbes Magazine Is Wrong: Communicating the Value of Anthropology, Part II

 

CHAIR: HIGGINS, Rylan (St Mary’s U) 

DISCUSSANTS: AUSTIN, Diane (U Arizona), FINAN, Timothy (BARA)

 

ABSTRACT:

HIGGINS, Rylan (Saint Mary’s U) Why Forbes Magazine Is Wrong: Communicating the Value of Anthropology, Parts I-II. Anthropology is under pressure to demonstrate its value within and beyond the academy. Students and faculty associated with the University of Arizona’s Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology have substantial experience in this regard. Building on a panel undertaken at last year’s SfAA annual meeting, this session will be part reflection, part projection. Panelists will reflect on how this value has been conveyed to non-anthropologists in the past and how it can be more effectively presented going forward. In theory, anthropological insights are meaningful and useful beyond academic journals and classrooms, but in practice actualizing this value often proves difficult.

 

Session took place in Pittsburgh, PA at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2015.