Assignment Task

What role do you envision for the public anthropologist?

Didier Fassin, an anthropologist and sociologist, has played a pivotal role as an ethnographer of urban policing in France. His research spans critical moral anthropology, analyzing the historical, social, and political dimensions of moral practices in everyday life. Recent ethnographic studies have concentrated on specialized police units combating crime. Additionally, Fassin has addressed social science issues related to reliability and social inequalities within public discourse.