ANTHROPOLIS ANTHROPOLOGICAL PUBLIC BENEFIT ASSOCIATION

Profile:
The Anthropolis Association was founded in 2002 by young anthropologists, with the purpose of becoming a solid, civil, know-how organisation of the national cultural-anthropological research community and the public, which takes part both in domestic applied research and in international human research and developmental projects. The primary aim of the Association is to create an open, intellectual base, where universal values, methodological and approach questions are treated from an anthropological and experiential point of view. Currently, the association strives to join the international field of research and development, since its members strongly believe, that the accumulated research findings of cultural anthropologists and their specific knowledge enables social communities in need - especially in the less known regions of third world countries - to receive the relevant help from humanitarian and development programs. As the association understands, the particular research method of social anthropology helps the deeper understanding, analysis, and acquisition of local (aboriginal) context, which is the stepping stone for adequate target- oriented development help, beyond ad-hoc type humanitarian aid.

Activities:
The Association's tasks include: visual anthropology (documentary production, socio-photography and its publication), already-completed and ongoing research projects in urban anthropology; the set up of an extensive anthropological web-site, regular newsletter service; organising public forums, exhibitions, conferences and other events; anthropological network building in Central Eastern Europe, further partnership facilitation. An Ethiopian development program has been complied, based on previous research carried out in the Borana-community in South-Ethiopia. The association is involved in the execution of a series of public awareness programs within the frame of an international development project. Anthropolis also deals with the local accumulation of international volunteering.

Regions: Central-Europe (especially Romania and Poland), North-west-Africa (esp. Ethiopia)

Number of staff: 4

Volunteers: 8

Contact:
Balázs Frida president
e-mail: anthropolis@anthropolis.hu
andrassy74@hdsnet.hu
H-1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 74.
T./F.: +36 1 3023172
www.anthropolis.hu