Public and Applied Anthropology Applied Public Anthropology Anthropology put to use Promote the integration of anthropological perspectives and methods in solving human problems throughout the word Resists the separation of theory from application Our ability to synthesize information and examine issues holistically and sometimes rather extensive writing experience makes us good at drawing up good proposal and applying them to real world practices EX Colonial Williamsburg Washington DC 1 Tying together different aspects of life 2 Translating personal experiences across cultural barriers 3 Better understanding the causes of social problems so that our solutions can be A history of Anacostia River in Washington DC Political ecology stressing the power relations inequalities and contradictions that join natural and social processes over time enlarges historical and anthropological theory in Washington Williams 409 more effective Racial Demographics African American Black 50 7 White 38 5 Hispanic 9 1 Asian 3 5 Other 4 1 A river runs through us History and Present Civil War Freed Slave settlements White flight economic growth Food deserts Exercise Deserts DC as murder capital DC as hip urban setting o Neoliberalism Displacement and Gentrification Revitalization Rehabilitation o Suggests that affected neighborhoods were somehow devitalized or culturally moribund prior to gentrification o Working class communities first devitalized in favor of middle and upper class More neutral sounding euphemisms to script the class and race contours of gentrification Public Health Food Desert o Urban environment low income 20 living below the poverty line o
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