Anthopology and/or money

Anthropology and/or Money

Well, I think that if the people enter to study anthropology is because they aren’t so interested in money. In my personal case, for me, obviously, money is important, but I don’t choose this career for win money. For me is more important the anthropology than the money, because I think that if you has to choose a profession, must choose to do what you like. And I like the social sciences so much, and particulary anthropology. It is my ideal work area, but I know that if I want to work in anthropology in the future, I didn’t make much money.

I think that anthropology is a career in that you don’t make much money, because the labor camp is very limited, and there is little demand for anthropologist. For this reason, the people that choose anthropology, should know and decide about money case, but is impossible that you enter to this career to win money.

I think that in most cases, for anthropologist is difficult to make money, but also influences in what area you seeking work. For example, if you want work to privet enterprises, you have more possibilities to win more money, and in some cases, you can win a lot of money. But this cases are minority, and often entail an ethical problem, because when the anthropologist work for a privet enterprises, can only do what the company needs, putting aside personal interests, and social interests.
Usually, the social issues have poor remuneration because neither the state nor the private funds have great interest in developing projects related to these issues.

I don’t think that an anthropologist can´t find work, but I think that perhaps the main problem is to finding work in the area what you like to work. The anthropologist can work postulating to state projects, or state funds. This cases, the work area is in human development issues, but today in the world, and particulary in Chile, this issues are very limited, because the government promotes projects on subjects that having to do with global policies covered by a limited paradigm that does not cover all areas where it is necessary to develop cultural studies, and therefore does not cover the whole spectrum of issues on which can unfold an anthropologist.

The matter is further complicated when it comes to developing theoretical anthropology, because in this case, there is even less agencies interested in funding research that have no obvious practical application

Well, that is the issues.

On the other hand, today I'm not making money, because I don' t have much time to work, but I need to make some money for pay my expenses, but probably in the summer, when I have more free time, I gotta a job.