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Anthropology Today

ce. In keeping with idea that they should not interfere with community orreligious beliefs, there are situations in which anthropologists feel the need tointervene, or at the very least present their findings to someone who will. Severalsituations were talked about during tutorials for the course, but none came up inthe process of research for this paper. So, while it is understood that ethicalproblems are common, not a great deal are mentioned here.It has been addressed in this paper the nature of roles and issues dealt withby anthropologists today. The fact that roles outside the academic world wasestablished, and the demand for anthropologists with at least an M.A. is on therise. More domestic positions are becoming available, and if trends continue, evenmore positions will be available in the future. These positions include anincreasing number of jobs in the professional world, as opposed to exoticlocations. The market of societies dictates so much of what happens in thecapitalist world, and businesses want to know what is in demand. The skillspossessed by an anthropologist make him or her the ideal candidate for a positionin which they can study humans. As stated, as more companies realize this, morepositions specially suited to them are created. It was also discussed that the ethicalideals, as well as problems anthropologists face have not undergone a tremendouschange, even though the role of the anthropologist has. The well-being and safetyof the subject studied is still a main concern, regardless of the subject's origin orlifestyle. The wishes and desires of the subjects must still be honored, and thissometimes leads to problems. Applied anthropologists of today have come full-circle; no longer do they study the foreign, but now study the local. Theirpositions in society are almost too many to mention, but the severe increase in thebusiness world must be mentioned. It can be said that the discipline ofanthropology...

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