Integrating anthropology and social work education to address contemporary social issues

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2143370
AutoresAndrea Sankar (Schlumberger (Ireland), autor de correspondencia), Andrea P Sankar, Faith P Hopp, Faith Hopp (0000-0002-4536-3089), Tam E Perry (0000-0002-8447-6115), Tam Perry (0000-0002-3893-2001), C M Cassady (0000-0002-6195-986X), Michael J Henson (0009-0000-3777-3347), Arlene N Weisz
Año2024
Volumen83
Número1
Páginas82-95
Fecha de publicación2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00187259.2023.2286171
OpenAlexW4392400895
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas53

Doctoral students studying anthropology are increasingly interested in developing skills in quantitative methods, policy analysis and development, community organizing, and team research. The scientific community, granting agencies, and foundations have a growing focus on research and scholarship focused on ameliorating social problems. However, students often find that they need additional skills beyond academic anthropology to address these issues. We propose interdisciplinary training in social work and anthropology as one solution. Social work offers training in quantitative methods, needs assessments for service development, program design, policy analysis, policy negotiation, and community organizing skills. The goals of a more activist anthropology harmonize well with social work's disciplinary focus on action and solutions to social problems that are acceptable to community partners. As students cultivate the ability to communicate and act in multiple disciplinary "languages", they have the potential to make profound contributions to ameliorating social problems through applied scholarship and research in both academic and non-academic settings

Applied anthropology · Social anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Science and Policy Research · Social Work Education and Practice