Anthropologists and AID
New Directions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14834643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice L Morton (0000-0003-2177-8148) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 21-64 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.3.2.t7642612n2377982 |
| OpenAlex | W2057785580 |
| Language | EN |
As has been discussed in the introductory section of this special section, the policy shift in AID toward the "New Directions" provided a venue for hiring a number of anthropologists. Insofar as the "New Directions" policy set significantly different goals for the Agency, the anthropologists who were hired in the mid-1970's entered an environment in which values and. orientations were shifting, but in which it was not yet exactly clear what was expected of them as individuals or as a group. Few AID administrators were certain as to what anthropologists were good for, or what they could do
Agency (philosophy · Section (typography · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Special section · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Engineering
| Highly cited | No |
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