Abstract
18 FORUM By JEAN I. MARTIN Ar.a'aovca Tim TITLE of the talk which I agreed to give tonight is "Anthropology and Social Work," I found that--as I thought about what I could say on this subject--the word "sociology," as well as "anthropology," was constantly com- ing to mind. Since I cannot do without both words, and since also the very title of my talk may convey to some of you the false impression that my own prin- cipal field of interest is the study of...
18 FORUM By JEAN I. MARTIN Ar.a'aovca Tim TITLE of the talk which I agreed to give tonight is "Anthropology and Social Work," I found that--as I thought about what I could say on this subject--the word "sociology," as well as "anthropology," was constantly com- ing to mind. Since I cannot do without both words, and since also the very title of my talk may convey to some of you the false impression that my own prin- cipal field of interest is the study of simple, primitive or native peoples, I should perhaps begin with some explanation of the usages of these two terms. Usages, in the plural, it must be, for anthropologists and sociologists are not quite agreed amongst themselves about the scope of the two diseiplines. . This lack of consensus is, of course, not simply a terminological one. It indicates differences of opinion about the subject matter and theoretical aims of these sciences of man, and, concomitantly, about the training necessary to follow the one or the other discipline. Since three streams of development over the past one hundred years have contributed towards present-day anthropology and sociology, it is little wonder that agreement has not yet
Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis
Published: Dec 1, 1956
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