Wisdom I Didn’t Have: Advice from Practicing and Applied Anthropologists for Students

Wisdom I Didn’t Have: Advice from Practicing and Applied Anthropologists for Students

CHAIR: COLÓN-CABRERA, David (UMD)

PANELISTS: MASON, Amanda and BUTLER, Mary Odell (UMD), and BENNER, Timothy (Samsung)

 

COLÓN-CABRERA, David (UMD) Wisdom I Didn’t Have: Advice from Practicing and Applied Anthropologists for Students. Students and recent graduates often wonder about intangible knowledge that they did not learn in their academic programs; knowledge that is often tied to “real-world” experience. Anthropology’s holistic perspective is in part due to its ethnographic roots; a perspective that provides the basis of a pedagogical exercise for this session. First, practicing and applied anthropologists share short stories about “what they should’ve known then” in a roundtable discussion, Then, these experienced anthropologists lead small group discussions with students and recent graduates to allow more participation. Finally, panelists contribute to a student led concluding discussion about anthropology degrees and applied/practicing anthropology.

 

Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.