INTRODUCTION: ENGAGEMENTS AND ENTANGLEMENTS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF NGOS
Author
Editor
- Amanda Lashaw
- Christian Vannier
- Steven Sampson
Summary, in English
Introductory chapter to anthology, 'Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs' Ed. by Amanda Lashaw, Steven Sampson, and Christian Vannier, Under review-in press with Univ of Alabama Press., November 2015. Presented at the Roundtable on NGOgraphy, American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, Denver, 17 November 2015. This chapter describes the dialectic between fieldwork engagement and ethnographic analysis of working with NGOs. In all the chapters in this collection, anthropologists must work out their relationship to the NGOs that they study, balancing engagement, support, objectivity, analysis, and reflection.
Department/s
Publishing year
2017-11-25
Language
English
Pages
1-14
Publication/Series
NGOgraphies: Ethnographic Reflections on NGOs
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Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
Topic
- Social Anthropology
Keywords
- social anthropology
- NGOs
- non-government organizations
- civil society
- ethnography
- ethnographic fieldwork
- engagement
- social movements.
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-0-8173-1968-7
- ISBN: 978-0-8173-9153-9