CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CLIENT KIND
Am I ready for this? What will they be like? What will I be like? Nothing is more equally exciting and frightening for a young anthropologist than entering into the field for the first time. As I imagine Margaret Mead daydreamed about the exotic South Pacific before she arrived in person, I fantasize about the corporate world with both excitement and horror. What will it be like? Am I ready?
On Becoming an Applied Anthropologist: Collaboration and Clients in the Classroom
The academic ritual of commencement—donning the cap and gown, walking across the stage, moving the tassel from one side to the other—is a symbolic passage from amateur to professional. It is as though the stage is a bridge into expert territory where graduates are now Anthropologists, with a capital "A." No longer protected by the safety net of professors and studies, they are left to be anthropologists on their own. Years are spent learning the invaluable principles, theories, and ideals that instigate the passion for the study of humans. Students are very aware of what an anthropologist is, but many are left to wonder what it means to be an anthropologist and how this precious knowledge can be used.
The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism
* Introduction: The Arab Spring: The End of Postcoloniality * 1. Decentering the World: How the Arab Spring Unfolded * 2. Towards Liberation Geography * 3. A New Language of Revolt * 4. Discovering a New World * 5. From the Green Movement to the Jasmine Revolutions * 6. The center cannot hold * 7. The End of Postcolonialism * 8. Race, Gender, and Class in Transnational Revolutions * 9. Libya: The Crucible * 10. Delayed Defiance * Conclusion. The People Demand the Overthrow of the Regime