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Theory, Research, and Application in Educational Anthropology
Author(s) -
Eddy Elizabeth M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1985.16.2.04x0628d
Subject(s) - educational anthropology , applied anthropology , sociology , sociocultural anthropology , anthropology , field (mathematics) , meaning (existential) , four field approach , context (archaeology) , anthropological linguistics , digital anthropology , anthropology of art , ecological anthropology , educational research , epistemology , social science , ethnography , linguistics , philosophy , history , applied linguistics , clinical linguistics , mathematics , contemporary art , archaeology , performance art , pure mathematics , art history
The historical development of educational anthropology is examined within the context of the growth of professionalism and specialization in the discipline as a whole. It is argued that the 1954 Stanford Conference and the formal organization of the Council on Anthropology and Education in 1970 culminated previous developments in the field of educational anthropology and inaugurated new ones. However, these events also reflected changes in economic support for anthropology, modifications in anthropologists' relationships to applied problems, and redefinitions of the meaning of professionalism in the discipline.