The action that the anthropology group session held at the Seattle SfAA conference in 2011 turned into a book.

Announcing: Action Anthropology and Sol Tax in 2012: The Final Word?, edited by Darby C. Stapp (2012, Memoir 8, Journal of Northwest Anthropology, 265 pp. 16 illustrations, $10.99)

This edited volume includes 14 chapters about Action Anthropology and Sol Tax by his student-colleagues, his daughters, and others influenced by the man and the intellectual tradition he inspired. Deward Walker Jr., wrote the Foreword.  Also included are commentaries, historical items of interest, and a complete bibliography of Sol Tax's work. A flyer with more information and the Table of Contents is available at:

http://www.northwestanthropology.com/details.php?EID=30

The book can be ordered directly from Amazon.com - search for "Action Anthropology and Sol Tax"

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Time will tell whether Action Anthropology and Sol Tax in 2012: The Final Word? will close this important chapter in the development of applied social science research. Regardless, the tenets of Action Anthropology, detailed and explicated throughout this volume, will continue to provide a foundation for all applied scientists interested in social justice, indigenous decolonization, and improving the human condition.

Topics

* Tenets of Action Anthropology 

* The Carnegie Cherokee Project 

* 1961 American Indian Chicago Conference 

* History of Anthropology 

* The Meskwakie and the Fox Project

* Sol Tax Timeline & Bibliography 

* Contemporary Anthropological Work in Guatemala 

* 2011 Seattle Traditional Food Summit 

* 1968 AAA Fishing Rights Session 

* Anthropology and the Continuing Food Crisis 

* The Global Futurist Model and Small-Nation Solutions 

* Geographer Gilbert White 

* Cherokee Anthropologist Robert K. Thomas

"Anthropology matters not only in its rich content but equally in the passionate commitment of its best practitioners to the idea that our talents have enduring value only when they are given away. This collection reminds us that there is no one among us who represents such an ideal more surely than has Sol Tax. Contemporary advocates of "participatory research" still have much to learn from the measured confidence and quiet activism (and patience) that Sol brought to our discipline."

- Erve Chambers University of Maryland College Park

"Action anthropology is 21st-century anthropology, this book makes clear. Its roots in the breakthrough Sol Tax experienced in the Mesquakie community in Iowa have supported a great paradigm shift in anthropology, from "objective" recording of customs to engagement with people. Tax's work and leadership lie deep within contemporary discussions of ethics, and illuminate how ethics appear in real communities. This book can be a handbook for today's best anthropological practices."

- Alice Kehoe Professor Emeritus Marquette University