Anthropology Activist Anthropology - The University of Texas at Austin

Anthropology Activist Anthropology from The University of Texas at Austin is a Campus Master Anthropology degree that prepares you for a Science career. Students enrolled in the graduate program in anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin have the opportunity to pursue a track in activist anthropology. This track has three components: a sequence of preparatory courses, an activist research internship lasting six months or longer, and a Masters report or thesis based on the internship experience. Our program builds on the best of a long tradition of the creative combination of scholarship and social activism within our discipline, while at the same time encouraging critical reflection on both the conceptual and practical limitations of that inherited tradition. Activist anthropology is predicated on the idea that we need not choose between first rate scholarship on the one hand, and carefully considered political engagement on the other. To the contrary, we contend that activist research can enhance the empirical breadth and the theoretical sophistication--as well as the practical usefulness of the knowledge that we produce as anthropologists. Finally, we intend to bring the activist anthropology track "home" in a dual sense: opening space for alternative forms of anthropological training within our department and university, and encouraging activist research on U.S. society, challenging the deeply seated dichotomy between "over there" (where political engagement happens) and "here" where more conservative premises often prevail. View more details on The University of Texas at Austin . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Anthropology courses.