Notes Toward a New Future: Applied Anthropology in Century XXI1 From: Human Organization | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Hackenberg, Robert A; Hackenberg, Beverly H | Copyright Society of Applied Anthropology Winter 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

We are challenged to define a new applied anthropology to meet the terms and conditions of a new century. First, it requires us to recognize the epigenetic transformation in the sociocultural landscape that defines our field. The new landscape is shaped in the image of globalization: the worldwide expansion of neoliberal political structures and the capitalist economies which they facilitate and promote both at home and abroad. Second, we must cultivate new working relationships with the emer...