Vicos and Beyond

A Half Century of Applying Anthropology in Peru
Herausgeber: Greaves, Tom; Zapata, Florencia; Bolton, Ralph

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From 1952 to 1962, anthropologists funded by Cornell University sought to apply anthropological knowledge to improving life in Vicos, a village of about 1,800 people in the Peruvian Andes. This collection evaluates the methods and results of the famous, and even infamous, Vicos Project.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 725g
• ISBN-13: 9780759119741
• ISBN-10: 0759119740
• Artikelnr.: 29985868

Autorenporträt

Tom Greaves is emeritus professor of anthropology at Bucknell University. Ralph Bolton is professor of anthropology at Pomona College. Florencia Zapata is Cultural Heritage Program Officer at The Mountain Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I. Remembering the Vicos Project
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Who Was That Gringo? Holmberg before Vicos
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Early Years of the Vicos Project from the Perspective
of a Sympathetic Participant-Observer
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Lessons from Vicos
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. Anthropological Journeys: Vicos and the Callejon de
Huaylas 1948-2006
Part 7 Part II. Evaluating the Vicos Project
Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Anthropological Hope and Social Reality: Cornell's
Vicos Project Re-examined
Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Modernizing Peru: Negotiating Indigenismo, Science,
and the "Indian Problem" in the Cornell-Peru Project
Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Reflections on Vicos: Anthropology, the Cold War, and
the Idea of Peasant Conservatism
Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Vicos as a Model: A Retrospective
Part 12 Part III. Alternatives to the Vicos Project
Chapter 13 Chapter 9. Globalizing Andean Society: Migration and Change in
Peru's Peasant Communities
Chapter 14 Chapter 10. Chijnaya: The Birth and Evolution of an Andean
Community; Memories and Reflections of an Applied Anthropologist
Chapter 15 Chapter 11. The Case of Kuyo Chico
Part 16 Part IV. Vicos Today
Chapter 17 Cornell Returns to Vicos, 2005
Chapter 18 Remembering Vicos: Local Memories and Voices
Chapter 19 Conclusion
Chapter 20 About the Authors
Chapter 21 Index