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A 7 page paper discussing where the juncture between social justice and anthropological research should lie. It appears that questioning social justice within a specific social group or one that affects a specific group from outside of it has not yet become an integral part of anthropological investigation, but it does appear that movement lies in that direction. Social groups must be allowed to develop in their own ways and according to their own schedules. The cause of avoiding interference is a noble one and one worthy of retaining, but not at the cost of choosing not to assist a group through simple dissemination of knowledge gained in other locations and with other groups. Rather than referring to this process as "interference," it could instead be viewed as greatly beneficial education. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSsocJustAnthroAfr.rtf
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Certainly there are many problems facing sub-Saharan Africa other than the HIV/AIDS pandemic, but those other problems often fail to gain a great deal of international attention given the
current situation in which much of Africa is losing an entire generation. In many respects, the AIDS epidemic provides a setting in which to examine the integration of the
concept of social justice with anthropology, likely in response to researchers knowledge that they possess abilities to positively affect the lives of those left behind.
Aside from the HIV/AIDS issue, several authors look at the ethics, practicality and need for taking a more pragmatic approach. Sub-Saharan Africa represents only one of the
places on the face of the earth in which social justice is in short supply and anthropological study occurs. Several of the authors listed appear to focus on Africa,
however. For that reason, Africa also will be the focus here. Social Justice It is appropriate to begin with a definition of
terms, specifically that of social justice. Novak (2000) examines the difficulty in defining social justice in absolute terms. "The minute one begins to define social justice, one runs
into embarrassing intellectual difficulties. It becomes, most often, a term of art whose operational meaning is, We need a law against that" (Novak). As Jinks (1997) explains, the mere
existence of "a law against that" (Novak) more often than not is not enough. Jinks (1997) refers to the law enforcement and judicial activities of a mature economy; his
observation becomes gross understatement when applied to developing nations. Desmond, Gow, Loening-Voysey, Wilson and Stirling (2002) state that there could be as many
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