Anthropological intervention. A proposal

“Anthropological Intervention” is the title of the second publication by Julieta Quiros, anthropologist and researcher at the Institute of Anthropology of Córdoba-CONICET, Museum of Anthropology-UNC, within the collection “Anthropology: A One-Way Trip.” The book invites readers to revive the links between research and social intervention through dialogue between anthropology and psychoanalysis, in a sensitive framework where listening and speaking are paramount.

What does it mean to intervene in the anthropological sense of the term? With this question as a starting point, Julieta Quirós invites teachers, researchers, and students of social sciences to revive the links between research and social intervention. In a visual format that is as agile as it is attractive, created by Florencia Bacchini, the researcher proposes a dialogue between anthropology and psychoanalysis, aware of the importance of listening and the significant meanings assumed in the taking and use of words.

From an anthropological perspective, “to know and intervene is to produce a singular and dynamic effect on the affairs of common life, that is, on the possibilities of being better,” reads the back cover. Thus, “La intervención antropológica” (Anthropological Intervention) is presented as the second publication in the collection “Antropología un viaje de ida” (Anthropology: A One-Way Trip), published under the Publications Area of the FFyH of the UNC. A space created to bring together the experiences and conversations of professionals in the anthropological sciences on topics of disciplinary interest.

In this sense, the collection provides tools for approaching anthropological knowledge, its forms of configuration, methodologies, contributions, and curiosities, aimed at people who are beginning their disciplinary training, or those who are investigating the different potentialities for the development of the anthropological sciences and other disciplines, and are interested in incorporating an anthropological perspective into their professional work.