2012 SfAA Award Ceremony

Malinowski Award Recipient: BARNETT, Clifford
Introduction by KUNSTADTER, Peter
How Did I Get Here? What Did I Learn Along the Way?
Clifford R. Barnett is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Stanford University. He notes that all of his professional publications are cited in this presentation. Of the 23 articles
and books listed, only five of the citations (including his doctoral dissertation) have only one person named as a single author. The co-authors listed with him for nearly 80 percent
of his publications include: sociologists, anthropologists, pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists, geneticists, economists, political scientists, retired military officers and
professional writers. Given the cultural emphasis we have on the individual, it is understandable that in the social sciences particularly, group projects are not a significant part of
the educational experience at the university level. When he had his first university appointment in 1964 at Stanford University he encouraged students to work in small groups on
their term projects. Readers may wonder whether every team member contributes significantly to the end product. First, students have the option of working individually or joining
a group, Once the choice is made, the group process stimulates participation and provides positive feed-back to its members. People have to work together in order to produce
change.
Lecture took place in Baltimore, MD at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2012.