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September 10, 2025Open Access

Old Dongola and the foundations of practicing public anthropology — a case of own research

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Public engagement arises from ethnographic research in Old Dongola, enhancing community connections and understanding.
Key activities include social interaction, local culture interest, and education, demonstrating the importance of anthropology.
The examination of these activities reveals the significance of public anthropology in shaping social criticism and discourse.
Findings support a more structured role for public engagement in anthropology, addressing historical and subjective complexities.

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Although public engagement has a long tradition in anthropology, the public role of anthropology is still a largely unorganized and informal specialization, not free from controversies due to the entanglement of science in historical processes and the subjective nature of social phenomena. The paper examines some activities of an engagement nature (social interaction, interest in local culture, education, and social criticism) that resulted from the systematic ethnographic research on the occasion of archaeological work in and around Old Dongola. The paper aims to look for connections between ethnographic research and public engagement and their possible outcomes.

Old Dongola and the foundations of practicing public anthropology — a case of own research

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