Making history at the frontier
Subtitle: women creating careers as practicing anthropologists
By: Christina Wasson, volume editor ; Tim Wallace, series editor.
Contributors: Wasson, Christina.
Series: NAPA bulletin -- 26
Publisher: University of California Press for the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781931303293
Subjects: Women anthropologists -- United States -- Biography; Women anthropologists -- Vocational guidance -- United States; Applied anthropology -- United States; Feminist anthropology -- United States; Career development -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: "NAPA Bulletin" is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. Features include: peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology; dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods; and, most editions available for course adoption.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Making history at the frontier / Christina Wasson; title: Random walk / Mary Odell Butler; title: Pursuing international development through a gender lens : reflections on a nonlinear career path in applied anthropology / Mari H. Clarke; title: Seeing double : an anthropologist's vision quest / Jacqueline Copeland-Carson; title: Anthropology in pursuit of public policy and practical knowledge / Shirley J. Fiske; title: An interim story of a career as an applied anthropologist / Madelyn Iris; title: Putting on airs : finding a path to a career in applied anthropology / Susan Racine Passmore; title: Theory and practice : improvising a life as a practicing anthropologist / Eve C. Pinsker; title: Bushwhacking a career / Patricia Sachs; title: Life at the crossroads / Jean J. Schensul; title: Solving puzzles / Susan Squires; title: The spiral path : toward an integrated life / Alaka Wali; title: Histories and futures at the frontier : some final thoughts / Christina Wasson; title: Biosketches of authors.