Professionals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4525658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Hull (0000-0002-1981-3533, Universidad de Londres, corresponding author), J Robbins (0000-0001-9323-0689) |
| Editors | F Stein (0000-0002-0123-9895), Sian Lazar (0000-0002-0056-6333), M Candea (0000-0001-7260-4194), Andrew Sanchez (0000-0001-8660-7505), Rupert Stasch, Hildegard Diemberger (0009-0004-7655-6520) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-516X • E-ISSN: 2398-516X |
| Publisher | Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.29164/20pros |
| OpenAlex | W4233422369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
Professions are institutionalised bodies of specialised knowledge and practice around which divisions of labour within contemporary societies are organised. As well as performing a collective function, membership within a profession offers individuals upward social mobility and meritocratic recognition. Professional expertise is so ubiquitous in societies around the world that we tend not to ask how and why specialised occupational groups have emerged, how they produce, control, and apply their knowledge, and how the meanings of professionalism differ from one context to the next. Anthropologists’ early focus on colonial settings attuned them to view professionals as instruments of political power and control, particularly in biomedical contexts. Subsequent studies have produced a diverse array of interpretations, seeing professionalism as a performative or aesthetic practice that sits apart from the messy realities of work, as a marker of prestige and class mobility, and as a site of ethical engagement and debate. Recent approaches tend to focus on the ways in which professional identity is made through everyday practice and the struggles entailed in maintaining it, rather than viewing it as a label conferred automatically on the basis of training. Finally, the study of professionals has prompted renewed attention to anthropologists’ own claims to professionalism, and the social networks, institutions, and epistemic assumptions needed to sustain it
Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Identity (music · Meritocracy · Performative utterance · Performativity · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prestige · Public relations · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Gender Studies · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |