Description
Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their informants directly into the process of knowledge production. What ethical, political, and practical tensions arise in the course of such work? In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholar-activists map the terrain on which political engagement and academic rigor meet.
Contributors: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Edmund T. Gordon, Davydd Greenwood, Joy James, Peter Nien-chu Kiang, George Lipsitz, Samuel Mart nez, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Dani Nabudere, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Jemima Pierre, Laura Pulido, Shannon Speed, Shirley Suet-ling Tang, Jo o Vargas
Author: Charles R. Hale
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/07/2008
Pages: 417
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780520098619
ISBN10: 0520098617
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
Contributors: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Edmund T. Gordon, Davydd Greenwood, Joy James, Peter Nien-chu Kiang, George Lipsitz, Samuel Mart nez, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Dani Nabudere, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Jemima Pierre, Laura Pulido, Shannon Speed, Shirley Suet-ling Tang, Jo o Vargas
Author: Charles R. Hale
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 05/07/2008
Pages: 417
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780520098619
ISBN10: 0520098617
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
About the Author
Charles R. Hale is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. For 2006-7, he is President of the Latin American Studies Association.