The trends, challanges and applications of urban anthropology of 21st century Cover Image

Antropologický výskum mesta v 21. storočí: tendencie, výzvy a aplikácie
The trends, challanges and applications of urban anthropology of 21st century

Author(s): Alexandra Bitušíková
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: urban anthropology; history and development trends; methodology; applied urban research;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with trends, challenges and applications of urban anthropology worldwide. It brings a  comparative view of historical developments and of contemporary theoretical, methodological and thematic schools, directions and tendencies in the development of urban anthropology. The author presents her subjective reflections on older and recent literature, and identifies three areas of urban-anthropological research of the present day: city and people; city and space; and city and culture. In addition to theoretical contributions of urban anthropology to multidisciplinary urban studies, she emphasises also the importance of applied anthropological research in urban place-making and governance. On the basis of global trends in urban anthropological studies, she suggests their implications on the Slovak urban anthropological research.

  • Issue Year: 58/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 129 - 142
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak