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OBSERVERS OBSERVED: EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE VA
Author(s) -
McCullough Megan B.,
Hahm Bridget,
Ono Sarah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of anthropological practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.22
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2153-9588
pISSN - 2153-957X
DOI - 10.1111/napa.12031
Subject(s) - work (physics) , sociology , public health , position (finance) , medical anthropology , applied anthropology , health care , anthropology , medicine , political science , nursing , law , business , mechanical engineering , finance , engineering
From our position as publicly funded anthropologists in the Veterans Affairs, we discuss how anthropological research on Veterans health care offers an opportunity to critically engage with ideas about what constitutes public anthropology. As public sector anthropologists, we are conducting theoretically and ethnographically innovative work. In this chapter, we discuss the implications of this work in regard to anthropological theory and practice.