This case study contributes to the study of neoliberal conservation and indigenous rights through an interdisciplinary (anthropology and fi sheries management) evaluation of the 2004-2009 management plan for Honduras' Cayos Cochinos Marine Protected Area (CCMPA). The CCMPA was established in 1993, in a region that has been inhabited by the afro-indigenous Garifuna for over 213 years. An evaluation of the CCMPA's 2004-2009 management plan's socioeconomic objectives is situated within the historical-cultural context of a long-standing territorial struggle, changes in governance practices, and related shifts in resource access and control. The article highlights the central importance of local social activism and the relative or partial success that such mobilisation can bring about for restructuring resource governance.

RESUMEN Este artículo explora la relación entre el poder, el control de recursos, y la construcción de identidad dentro del contexto de la lucha por parte de los Garífunas para recuperar su territorio ancestral en la costa norte de Honduras. La articulación de una identidad indígena ha permitido a los Garífunas un medio para afirmar su derecho a la autodeterminación, el acceso y el control de recursos principales en una economía creciente de turismo donde la tierra es sumamente deseable. Este artículo se enfoca en las respuestas de miembros comunes de la población dominante (los mestizos) a la emergencia de derechos multiculturales, como ellos procuran “hacer prevalecer” y demostrar su derecho a recursos en una comunidad Garífuna.

Drawing on ethnographic research on Utila, Honduras, this paper suggests that conservation volunteerism suffers from "fictitious conservation", surrounded by "spectacle". The "spectacle of saving" associated with the promotion of conservation voluntourism advances the creation of new neoliberal citizens while further concealing the micropolitics of commodified nature. Volunteer conservation tourism creates value in the trade of experiences in or with "nature" while detracting from the labour and value produced through grounded local interactions with natural resources. While voluntourists are busy "saving" endangered species, they are also collecting the entrepreneurial skills and competencies to be successful as the new neoliberal economy. Thus, as a site of fictitious conservation under neoliberalism, conservation voluntourism advances the creation of new neoliberal citizens while justifying its own existence by furthering ecological devastation, obscuring uneven development processes and devaluing local labour and relationships to natural resources. The paper closes with a proposal to reconfigure volunteer arrangements to move nature-based voluntourism towards a rights-based conservation approach through three strategies:(1) collaborative programme design by embracing "friction", (2) expanded understanding of local impacts, and (3) redesigning volunteer activities to embed a social justice pedagogy using the steps of transformative learning.

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This article explores shifts in anthropological career opportunities and subjectivities in the United States since World War II. Survey and interview data reveal a lively discourse surrounding the changing job market in which practicing anthropology outside of the academy is often identified as a secondary occupational choice. We argue that the nonacademic practitioner's subjectivity is defined in contrast to (and by) academically based anthropologists and the long-standing, but often implicit, hierarchy of universities and programs. Typically, the nonacademic "other" is further marginalized by his or her gender and racial-ethnic minority status. However, we find evidence of a "sea change" within the discipline, led by nonuniversity-based practitioners and a subset of departments (often with a commitment to applied anthropology), that produces and links practitioners with students and faculty in their programs. [careers, practicing anthropology, gender] Subjectivités des carrières dans l'anthropologie auxÉtats-Unis: sexe, pratique, et résistance Cet article examine les transformations dans les perspectives de carrière et des subjectivités auxÉtats-Unis depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les données recueillies au cours de sondages et d'entretiens nous révèlent une discussion animée sur le marché de l'emploi changeant, où exercer le métier d'antropologue hors du milieu universitaire s'apparentè a un choix de métier secondaire. Nous soutenons que la subjectivité du praticien non-universitaire se définit par contraste avec (et par) des anthropologues dans les universités ainsi qu'une hiérarchie bienétablie, mais souvent implicite, d'universités et de programmes d'études. Typiquement, l' "autre" non-universitaire est encore plus marginalisé par son sexe et par son statut minoritaire racial/éthnique. Toutefois, nous trouvons des signes d'un bouleversement dans la discipline, bouleversement initié par des praticiens non-universitaires et par un sous-ensemble de départements (souvent engagés dans l'anthropologie appliquée) qui forment des praticiens et lient ceux-ci aux etudiants et aux professeurs dans ces départements.Las subjetividades de carrera en la antropología de los Estados Unidos: Género, práctica y resistencia Este artículo explora los cambios en las oportunidades de carrera antropológica y las subjetividades en los Estados Unidos desde la Primera Guerra Mundial. Los datos de entrevista y encuesta revelan un discurso animado sobre el mercado de trabajo cambiante en lo que la práctica de la antropología fuera de la academia frecuentemente es la opción profesional secundaria. Argumentamos que la subjetividad del practicante no docente se define en contra de (y por) antropólogos licenciados y la jerarquía antigua pero implícita de las universidades y de los programas. Usualmente, el "otro" no-académico es marginalizado por su género y estatus racial-étnico minoritario. No obstante encontramos evidencia de una transformación dentro de la disciplina, dirigida por practicantes no licenciados y un subconjunto de dep...

This article presents lessons learned from an interdisciplinary‐engaged scholarship collaboration between the University of Memphis, Colorado State University, and four Honduran conservation organizations to assess the relationship between gender and conservation values among voluntourists on the Bay Island of Utila, Honduras. We focus on four key domains of teaching feminist and environmental anthropology through applied collaborative work: (1) teaching inclusion and collaboration; (2) understanding and valuing situatedness; (3) interrogating the idea that women are naturally conservationists; and (4) understanding neoliberal conservation and applying anthropology. Finally, we share some lessons learned from the experience, situating this discussion within the broader literature on teaching applied anthropology in higher education. [conservation voluntourism, feminist methods, engaged scholarship]

The breadth and reach of practicing anthropologists in 2009 suggests that anthropology has entered a new phase of advanced engagement at local, national, and international levels. In this article, I review thematic areas in which practicing anthropologists made significant contributions in 2009, including fiscal crisis and business anthropology; U.S. race relations, civil rights, and policy reforms; human rights, environmental change, and displacement; global health and human rights; and war and peace. New areas of expansion are also discussed in the arenas of public archaeology, museums and heritage, and engaged scholarship. Innovations in anthropological research and communicating ethnographic findings with the broader public are reviewed.

In this article we consider applied anthropology as it exists at the program level. While individual faculty can promote applied training, sustainability in applied education is only possible when entire faculties—and the college and university administrations that provide the necessary financial, structural, and social support—are committed to this approach. While many options for program development exist, we argue that being aware of what other programs are doing, and what is and is not working for them, is both time‐saving and transformative. This article provides overviews of common applied anthropology training approaches, discusses the importance of support for applied programs, and introduces the rest of the articles in this series, which focus more specifically on particular approaches, programs, and training needs.