Learning from Sol Tax in 2010 (Part 1)

CHAIR: STAPP, Darby (NW Anth LLC)

ABSTRACT: Sol Tax contributed in many ways to anthropology and its application to society from the 1930s through the 1960s. His organization of international conferences and
publications, his attention to American Indian issues, and his development of "action anthropology" created a discipline more sensitive to the people. Times have changed,
however. American anthropology has become less international, most applied anthropologists work outside the university, and most applied research is never published or
incorporated into method and theory. Reflecting upon Sol Tax's vision for anthropology and his accomplishments, session participants will explore ways that applied
anthropology might change to be more effective in the future.

PANELISTS: RUBINSTEIN, Robert (Syracuse U); FOLEY, Douglas (UT-Austin) SMITH, Joshua James (U W Ontario) WAHRHAFTIG, Albert L. (Sonoma State U) ABLON, Joan (UC-San
Francisco, Emerita)

 

Session took Place in Seattle, WA at the 71 st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March-April 2011