Interview with James Acheson, February 13, 2005
Project: Society for Applied Anthropology Oral History Project
Known for community based management of common property, Acheson was an early anthropologist in the National Marine Fisheries Service. He is now on the faculty of the University of Maine. In this interview he discusses his academic career, his brief but influential year with NMFS, and his hopes for the future of applied and maritime anthropology.
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James Acheson
Susan Abbott-Jamieson
Anthropologists Professional organizations Society for Applied Anthropology Maine Colby College University of Rochester University of Maine National Marine Fisheries Service State federal program Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Indiana University Lobster fishing Zone management law Academic anthropology Economists The Question of the Commons: The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources The Lobster Gangs of Maine Game theory Third world Research travel Policy writing Lobbying Advocacy
Anthropology Universities and colleges Economics College teachers Fisheries--Research Lobster fishers Anthropology publishing Environmental ethics Fishery law and legislation Fishery management Bills, Legislative Environmental agencies Maritime anthropology Interdisciplinary approach to education Scholarly publishing Applied anthropology Social sciences Fishery sciences Applied sociology Anthropology--Methodology Anthropology--Fieldwork Applied sociology Dissertations, Academic
Acheson, James Interview by Susan Abbott-Jamieson. 13 Feb. 2005. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Acheson, J. (2005, February 13). Interview by S. Abbott-Jamieson. Society for Applied Anthropology Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Acheson, James, interview by Susan Abbott-Jamieson. February 13, 2005, Society for Applied Anthropology Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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