Vocational Training in the US as an Anthropological Issue: International Exchange Programs for Scientists as a Framework for the Study of Distribution and Reproduction of Power Cover Image

Stručno usavršavanje u SAD kao antropološki problem: međunarodni program razmene naučnih radnika kao okvir za proučavanje distribucije i reprodukcije moći
Vocational Training in the US as an Anthropological Issue: International Exchange Programs for Scientists as a Framework for the Study of Distribution and Reproduction of Power

Author(s): Saša Nedeljković
Subject(s): Anthropology, Vocational Education, Higher Education , Studies in violence and power
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: international exchange; professional scientists; university professors; U.S.A.; Serbia; anthropology; power;

Summary/Abstract: The discourse of science is often used to validate or conceal the ways in which power is distributed and reproduced within a society. It is rarely, however, perceived or conceptualized in this manner. Certain aspects of professional scientific activity or the system of higher education are especially prone to use in such a manner: I am referring especially to international exchange programs for scientists and university professors. By participating in a program like this I was in the position to observe many aspects of this process which aren’t visible at first glance, and I was able to analyze them using the concept of power. In this paper I will attempt to give a detailed description and contextualization of the basic factors and actors of this process, and I will offer a model for future analyses of issues similar to this.

  • Issue Year: 7/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 35-64
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Serbian