Southern Anthropologist
Abstract
How do we use anthropological critiques of institutions, practices, and processes to improve practices that address the needs of the public?Drawing on applied anthropological literature and from the author’s experience as a conflict management practitioner and academic, this essay discusses the relationship between critiques of practice and practicing anthropology. Rather than a diametrically opposed relationship (academic vs. practitioner or Ivory Tower vs. applied), I use my positionality as a researcher, academic, entrepreneur, and practitioner in conflict management to argue that engaging with theoretically informed critiques is necessary for practice improvements, and that practitioners are central to improving theory.
Relational Format
journal article
Recommended Citation
Reinke, Amanda J.
(2023)
"Putting Anthropological Critiques into Practice,"
Southern Anthropologist: Vol. 38:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/southern_anthropologist/vol38/iss1/7
