ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CULTURE, AVIATION, AND FLIGHT SAFETY

This paper presents the case for a contribution from cultural anthropology to the challenges confronting aviation today. Observing worldwide growth of civil aviation, and the success of aviation in remaking world cultures, it describes some of the unanswered questions, unasked questions, and critical challenges facing aviation. Not the least of these is terrorism, an issue threatening to unmake everything aviation has accomplished. The toolkit of anthropology with which these issues might be tackled is described, and this work concludes with a table comparing current human factors approaches to anthropological approaches.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ashgate Publishing Limited

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• Authors:
  • Batteau, A W
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 147-171
• Serial:
  • Human Factors and Aerospace Safety
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1468-9456
  • Serial URL: http://www.ashgate.com/subject_area/aviation/aviation_journals.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air travel; Anthropology; Aviation safety; Civil aviation; Culture (Social sciences); Human factors; Terrorism; Transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941093
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 24 2003 12:00AM