Practicing anthropologist faces complex issues and concern in the course of their work. Unlike traditional anthropologist, who often studies culture other than their own and engage in fieldwork amongst the people they study. Traditional anthropologist gather information about the community, their culture, and environment utilizing field methods such as participant-observation, key-informant interviews, and other unobtrusive but nevertheless extractive methods.
Practicing anthropologist, of the participatory oriented and politically correct variant, often tries to balance the different cultural sensibilities, political correctness and methodological rigor of systematic and scientific research. Some of the sensibilities include consideration for gender sensibilities, class and ethnicity. Without appearing too patronizing or romanticist, practicing anthropologist navigate around complex social, political, economic and ecological issues and concern.
This blog mirrors an anthropologist learning journey through personal, academic and political issues and concern. Hopefully providing lessons for other people and other anthropologist concerned with culture, society, economics, politics and ecology. The blog draws from my past studies, researches, conference papers delivered and day-to-day work. The blog is also an account of a practicing anthropologist struggle to keep ones sanity and professional integrity while navigating the real world trying to make a living.
Dr. Ruben Z. Martinez
Anthropologist (practicing)
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