Action and Research from Field Methods

• Published in: Practicing Anthropology
• Main Author: Boek, Walter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Limited 2002
• Subjects: General Medicine; Canada; Indian; Mackenzie Delta
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.24.2.c126x10j7lvj9581; http://meridian.allenpress.com/practicing-anthropology/article-pdf/24/2/23/1861069/praa_24_2_c126x10j7lvj9581.pdf

For many anthropologists, utilization of their store of knowledge and skills by others has been an accepted part of their functions. For me, this has included participation in a variety of institutions with action missions, that is, they were designed to accomplish some task, to change or cause to be changed some behavior or physical form. These included appointments by three governors in a state health department, a people of Indian ancestry project in Manitoba, a resettlement project in the Mackenzie Delta of Canada, a research and training organization, a mental health center, a university college of education, joint venture development in China and a college of democracy special training in a University.