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Steven Sampson

Steven Sampson

Professor emeritus

Steven Sampson

INTRODUCTION: ENGAGEMENTS AND ENTANGLEMENTS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF NGOS

Author

  • Steven Sampson

Editor

  • Amanda Lashaw
  • Christian Vannier
  • Steven Sampson

Summary, in English

Introductory chapter to anthology, 'Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs' Ed. by Amanda Lashaw, Steven Sampson, and Christian Vannier, Under review-in press with Univ of Alabama Press., November 2015. Presented at the Roundtable on NGOgraphy, American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, Denver, 17 November 2015. This chapter describes the dialectic between fieldwork engagement and ethnographic analysis of working with NGOs. In all the chapters in this collection, anthropologists must work out their relationship to the NGOs that they study, balancing engagement, support, objectivity, analysis, and reflection.

Department/s

  • Social Anthropology

Publishing year

2017-11-25

Language

English

Pages

1-14

Publication/Series

NGOgraphies: Ethnographic Reflections on NGOs

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Topic

  • Social Anthropology

Keywords

  • social anthropology
  • NGOs
  • non-government organizations
  • civil society
  • ethnography
  • ethnographic fieldwork
  • engagement
  • social movements.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-8173-1968-7
  • ISBN: 978-0-8173-9153-9