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The Anthropologist as Advocate

Fieldwork gives you knowledge about people who often have less power than the institutions deciding their future. Should you use it on their behalf? Slide along the spectrum of stances, then switch to the tensions each one raises.

Detached observer

Where do you stand?drag the slider to begin
Who sets the agenda—
Stake in the outcome—
Claim to neutrality—