Going public: Responsibilities and strategies in the Aftermath of ethnography

Human Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 444-456

  Sanjek, Roger ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Boas; Media; New York; Professional responsibility; Public engagement

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MULTICULTURALISM;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOA (GENUS);

EID: 14644435769     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.63.4.mud4gjb5mdv69yba     Document Type: Review

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