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Accepted Paper:

Final discussion: engaged anthropology - benefits and dangers of an emerging trend  
Angela Firmhofer (LMU Munich, Institute for European Social Anthropology. www.transformations-blog.com) Daniel Kunzelmann (TRANSFORMATIONS-BLOG.com) Seraina Claudia Müller (University of Basel (CH)) Andreas Hackl (University of Edinburgh) Miriam Gutekunst (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

Paper short abstract:

We are looking forward to discuss panel-related questions, share our experiences from the practice of applied and engaged anthropology, and exchange ideas about how novel future engagements could emerge.

Paper long abstract:

We are looking forward to discuss these and related questions, share our experiences from the practice of applied and engaged anthropology, and exchange ideas about how novel future engagements could emerge:

o How can we differentiate between public, applied and engaged anthropology?

o What are the benefits, and what are the dangers of public visibility and engagement for researchers?

o How can we make use of the technological innovations that have changed the relation between researchers and audiences, and where are the dangers of these technologies?

Panel Disc002
Engaged anthropology: Reality? Necessity? Utopia?
  Session 1