It is difficult to canonize anthropology and anthropological concepts, in part because of the creative tensions within the discipline's contradictions: a desire and deep respect for local knowledge with a global, comparative perspective, what might be called the “anthropological imagination.” Firmly rooted in—and in defense of—an inclusive vision of humanity, an anthropological imagination inspires “radical empathy.” It offers the scaffolding of a coalitional politics that values the specificity of local struggles but also reaffirms and defends humanity. We must identify the humanity in others, and the common humanity in their struggle, while affirming particular identities and challenging differential privilege: an anthropological imagination inspires radical empathy and solidarity, reminding us, in the words of the World Social Forum, that “another world is possible.” How people learn to cultivate this anthropological imagination and bring it in the service of marginalized groups is not generally discussed, and rarely taught. This article aims to bridge this gap. On October 10, 2018, Julie Maldonado, Associate Director for the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN), discussed her new book, Seeking Justice in an Energy Sacrifice Zone: Standing on Vanishing Land in Coastal Louisiana, via video‐conference with Mark Schuller's Anthropology and Contemporary World Problems class at Northern Illinois University. This interview offers one perspective of a career focused around advocacy anthropology that aims to reach public audiences and policy‐ and decision‐makers in ways that translates scholarly research into information that is most useful for problem solving and enacting change in response to our climate crisis.

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“想象一个更公正的世界”：茱莉·马尔多纳多专访

规范人类学和人类学概念是很困难的，部分原因是该学科矛盾中的创造性张力：具有全球比较观点的对当地知识的渴望和深切尊重，这可能被称为“人类学想象力”。人类学的想象力扎根于并捍卫了人类的包容性视野，激发了“激进的同理心”。它提供了一种联盟政治的基础，既重视地方斗争的特殊性，又重申并捍卫了人类。我们必须确定他人的人性，以及他们在斗争中的共同人性，同时肯定特定的身份并挑战不同的特权：人类学的想象力激发了激进的同情心和团结，以世界社会论坛的话提醒我们，“另一个世界是可能的。” 人们如何学习如何培养这种人类学的想象力并将其带给边缘化群体的人们很少讨论，也很少有人教。本文旨在弥合这一差距。2018年10月10日，民生知识交流网络（LiKEN）副总监朱莉·马尔多纳多（Julie Maldonado）讨论了她的新书，在能源牺牲区寻求正义：站在路易斯安那州沿海消失的土地上，通过与伊利诺伊州北部大学的马克·舒勒的人类学和当代世界问题课程进行视频会议。这次采访提供了一个以倡导人类学为重点的职业观点，旨在通过将学术研究转化为对解决问题和应对气候危机最有用的信息，从而吸引公众，政策制定者和决策者。