照亮政策的工艺:对政策的人类学方法,民族学
1Independent Academic, University of Wollongong Faculty of Business and Law, Wollongong, Australia.
Anthropology & medicine
|October 2, 2023
概括
这项研究探讨了政策民族学,强调了人类学实地研究如何为政策设置和从业者提供宝贵的见解. 准备是定制人类学知识以进行有效的政策分析和理解基于证据的政策议程的关键.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 人类学是人类学.
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 在人类学实地研究中",即将到来的任务",包括方法论和理论基础,往往未被充分探索.
- 常规的现场工作地点经常被假定,忽视了像公共服务政策环境这样的非传统环境.
研究的目的:
- 通过民族学实地研究来证明人类学在理解政策设置和行为者的价值.
- 倡导人类学对更广泛的研究议程的贡献,超越对权力的批判性分析.
- 为了说明准备在量身定制人类学知识生产到特定背景的重要性.
主要方法:
- 澳大利亚公共服务部门的政策民族学,非传统的现场工作地点.
- 开发和应用"解释框架"来收集和分析民族学数据.
- 专注于政策设置中的日常活动,会议和文件.
主要成果:
- 人类学为理解政策参与者从事有目的的工作,得到政策知识和专业知识的支持 ("政策手艺") 增加了显著的价值.
- 该研究产生了一个"解释框架",将政策制定作为社会文化领域.
- 会议和文件的分析揭示了政策工作人员如何参与学术研究,以满足基于证据的政策期望.
结论:
- 人类学实地研究,当有目的地导向时,为政策民族学提供了"有成效的观察方式".
- 准备对于语境化人类学知识和提高其与政策环境的相关性至关重要.
- 这种方法使得政策从业者如何在日常工作中利用专业知识和参与研究的细微了解成为可能.
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