Your links are 10 years old. The current website of the American Anthropological Association seems to have reconciled (compromised on) both views: https://www.

Your links are 10 years old. The current website of the American Anthropological Association seems to have reconciled (compromised on) both views: https://www.americananthro.org/ https://www.americananthro.org/ Their subtitle is "Advancing Knowledge, Solving Human Problems" Their About page (https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1665&&navItemNumber=586 https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?I...) says: "The Association is dedicated to advancing human understanding and applying this understanding to the world’s most pressing problems. While 75 percent of our members are employed in higher education or are students of anthropology, about 25 percent of our members work in the public, private, and non-governmental sectors, beyond the academy." The Statement of Purpose page (https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1650&&navItemNumber=760 https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?I...) says: "The purposes of the Association shall be - to advance anthropology as the science that studies humankind in all its aspects, through archeological, biological, ethnological, and linguistic research; - and to further the professional interests of American anthropologists, including the dissemination of anthropological knowledge and its use to solve human problems."