The Meskwaki and anthropologists : action anthropology reconsidered
著者
書誌事項
The Meskwaki and anthropologists : action anthropology reconsidered
（Critical studies in the history of anthropology series）
University of Nebraska Press, c2008
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-403) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Meskwaki and Anthropologists illuminates how the University of Chicago’s innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. From 1948 to 1958, the Meskwaki community near Tama, Iowa, became effectively a testing ground for a new method of practicing anthropology proposed by anthropologists and graduate students at the University of Chicago in response to pressure from the Meskwaki. Action Anthropology, as the program was called, attempted to more evenly distribute the benefits of anthropology by way of anthropologists helping the Native communities they studied.
The legacy of Action Anthropology has received limited attention, but even less is known about how the Meskwakis participated in creating it and shaping the way it functioned. Drawing on interviews and extensive archival records, Judith M. Daubenmier tells the story from the viewpoint of the Meskwaki themselves. The Meskwaki alternatively cooperated with, befriended, ignored, prodded, and collided with their scholarly visitors in trying to get them to understand that the values of reciprocity within Meskwaki culture required people to give something if they expected to get something. Daubenmier sheds light on the economic and political impact of the program on the community and how some Meskwaki manipulated the anthropologists and students through their own expectations of reciprocity and gender roles. Giving weight to the opinions, actions, and motivations of the Meskwaki, Daubenmier assesses more fully and appropriately the impact of Action Anthropology on the Meskwaki settlement and explores its legacy outside the settlement’s confines. In so doing, she also encourages further consideration of the ongoing relationships between scholars and Indigenous peoples today.
目次
Acknowledgements Series Editors' Introduction Introduction Chapter 1: Making the Modern Meskwaki Nation Chapter 2: Sol Tax and the Value of Anthropology Chapter 3: 'Science Has to Stop Somewhere' Chapter 4: Action Anthropology and the Values Question Chapter 5: 1954-Project Nadir and Rebound Chapter 6: Fruits of Action Anthropology Epilogue Appendix I Appendix II Bibliography Index
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