Article
Introduction: Mesoamerican/North American Partnerships for Community Wellbeing
Practicing Anthropology
(2012)
Abstract
Margaret Mead was fond of saying that when speaking about another culture, it would be wise to imagine that someone from that culture was standing next to us. That advice is a good metaphor for what has in fact happened. Global technological and educational advances have brought both readers and writers into what used to be a closed purview of outside "experts." Today discourse across the north-south divide entails challenges to neocolonial approaches and assertions of rights—not only to basic resources and life chances, but also to describe as well as to determine roles, responsibilities, and eventual realities. Growing opportunities for collaboration are evident in a diverse array of cross-cultural partnerships, participatory action research, and community-based development models.
Keywords
- Community wellbeing
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter 2012
DOI
10.17730/praa.34.1.42qt1153h165vg38
Citation Information
James Loucky and Alan LeBaron (2012) Introduction: Mesoamerican/North American Partnerships for Community Wellbeing. Practicing Anthropology: Winter 2012, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 2-3.