This article discusses the paradigmatic shift occurring in many professional practices, particula... more This article discusses the paradigmatic shift occurring in many professional practices, particularly referred to applied anthropology. In order to clarify some important points about the nature of epistemology of practice in professional anthropology, the authors try to define some features of the move from a Technical Rationality Model to a Reflexivity in Action Model. The main arguments to support the validity of the latter in professional anthropological practice are discuss. An example of reflexivity-in-context in shown, to support the importance of this kind of training in the career of anthropology students, sustaining the idea the reflexivity approach could be the methodological core of the professional practice in anthropology.
This article discusses the paradigmatic shift occurring in many professional practices, particula... more This article discusses the paradigmatic shift occurring in many professional practices, particularly referred to applied anthropology. In order to clarify some important points about the nature of epistemology of practice in professional anthropology, the authors try to define some features of the move from a Technical Rationality Model to a Reflexivity in Action Model. The main arguments to support the validity of the latter in professional anthropological practice are discuss. An example of reflexivity-in-context in shown, to support the importance of this kind of training in the career of anthropology students, sustaining the idea the reflexivity approach could be the methodological core of the professional practice in anthropology.
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