The Meskwaki and Anthropologists: Action Anthropology ReconsideredU of Nebraska Press, 01/01/2008 - 416 páginas The Meskwaki and Anthropologists illuminates how the University of Chicago s innovative Action Anthropology program of ethnographic fieldwork affected the Meskwaki Indians of Iowa. From 1948 to 1958, the Meskwaki community near Tama, Iowa, became effectively a testing ground for a new method of practicing anthropology proposed by anthropologists and graduate students at the University of Chicago in response to pressure from the Meskwaki. Action Anthropology, as the program was called, attempted to more evenly distribute the benefits of anthropology by way of anthropologists helping the Native communities they studied. The legacy of Action Anthropology has received limited attention, but even less is known about how the Meskwakis participated in creating it and shaping the way it functioned. Drawing on interviews and extensive archival records, Judith M. Daubenmier tells the story from the viewpoint of the Meskwaki themselves. The Meskwaki alternatively cooperated with, befriended, ignored, prodded, and collided with their scholarly visitors in trying to get them to understand that the values of reciprocity within Meskwaki culture required people to give something if they expected to get something. Daubenmier sheds light on the economic and political impact of the program on the community and how some Meskwaki manipulated the anthropologists and students through their own expectations of reciprocity and gender roles. Giving weight to the opinions, actions, and motivations of the Meskwaki, Daubenmier assesses more fully and appropriately the impact of Action Anthropology on the Meskwaki settlement and explores its legacy outside the settlement s confines. In so doing, she also encourages further consideration of the ongoing relationships between scholars and Indigenous peoples today. |
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... powwow every year. Never did I dream I would one day write a book about—and with—them. Life's journey, however, takes us places we never imagined. For that, I am grateful. When I finally did visit the settlement as a graduate student ...
... powwow every year. Never did I dream I would one day write a book about—and with—them. Life's journey, however, takes us places we never imagined. For that, I am grateful. When I finally did visit the settlement as a graduate student ...
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... powwow, Gearing began his fieldnotes on the event with the statement, “The following items were all gathered during the days [sic] proceedings and the days during which the Powwow was in session.”39 Tax instructed the students to write ...
... powwow, Gearing began his fieldnotes on the event with the statement, “The following items were all gathered during the days [sic] proceedings and the days during which the Powwow was in session.”39 Tax instructed the students to write ...
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... powwow held on the Meskwaki settlement for four days each August. The commercial enterprise evolved in the 1870s, shortly after the Meskwaki's return to Iowa, when members of the tribe invited local whites to watch the Meskwaki's annual ...
... powwow held on the Meskwaki settlement for four days each August. The commercial enterprise evolved in the 1870s, shortly after the Meskwaki's return to Iowa, when members of the tribe invited local whites to watch the Meskwaki's annual ...
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... powwow was over.13 Over the years the powwow became both an important social gathering for the community and a commercial enterprise that drew thousands of tourists who paid to watch Meskwaki dancing. The performances excluded dances ...
... powwow was over.13 Over the years the powwow became both an important social gathering for the community and a commercial enterprise that drew thousands of tourists who paid to watch Meskwaki dancing. The performances excluded dances ...
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... powwow in 1912. The third member, George Young Bear, was thirty-five and the grandson of Pushetonequa, the last chief of the Meskwaki to be recognized by the U.S. government. He had graduated from Tama High School and Haskell Institute ...
... powwow in 1912. The third member, George Young Bear, was thirty-five and the grandson of Pushetonequa, the last chief of the Meskwaki to be recognized by the U.S. government. He had graduated from Tama High School and Haskell Institute ...
Índice
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64 | |
3 Science Has to Stop Somewhere | 109 |
4 Action Anthropology and the Values Question | 154 |
5 1954Project Nadir and Rebound | 189 |
6 Fruits of Action Anthropology | 227 |
Epilogue | 275 |
Participants in University of Chicago Project at Tama Iowa 19481958 | 309 |
Publications Related to Meskwaki | 313 |
Notes | 317 |
Bibliography | 383 |
Index | 405 |
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