Anthropological Representations of the Foreign Rural Development Model “Leader” in Romania 53
Anthropological Representations of the Foreign Rural Development Model “Leader” in Romania 53

Summary/Abstract: Like an anthropologist I had the feeling that I was considered an obstacle, an enemy of the individuals who effectively aimed the change and “welfare” of the rural microregion. This article is designed to contribute to the legitimacy increase of the anthropologist involved in the rural development. It is very important to understand that the focus is not a critical spirit of the anthropologist, but a different vision on change and development following his different training in terms of the development. The active role of the anthropology is represented by these actual “criticisms”. In conclusion, the article demonstrates the necessity of an anthropological approach of the human being aspects of rural development too, the anthropologist can be able to facilitate “the translation” between community and development actors, the most frequently from the direction of the speech full of symbols of the identities to the “scientific” speech, often based on economic concepts, thus emphasizing the interdisciplinary character of the rural development process.

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