Category: Anthropology
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No One Seems Concerned
I was recently telling a friend about our brave, tiny outdoor cats who run up trees and sneak out the bamboo fence, and how no one seemed concerned about their wanderings. My friend remarked that “no one seems concerned” would be a good title for a blog about cross cultural communication (her field). Or anthropology, I…
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“Developmental Army,” “Demographic Bomb:” linguistics in development literature
Spending the morning writing about intersections of development, aid, and militarism. Saw this tweet and thought it was appropriate: “The young people of Africa are our developmental army, the people who are going to transform the futures of our countries.” -Hadeel Ibrahim — Mo Ibrahim Fdn (@Mo_IbrahimFdn) October 14, 2013 And went quite well with…
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Morning Reads: self-determination, mining murders & AFRICOM/Congo training
“Africa Must Stop the West” by Stephen Odoi-Larbi The First Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Ebo Barton-Odro, has told the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) that the time had come for Africa to act swiftly to stop the West from dictating to the continent, when it comes to legal matters that have international character. “Chinese Kill Two…
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University of California: Debt for Education
As an undergrad at the University of California-San Diego it was no secret that the Regents, who controlled the operation and decision-making of the university, were involved in some risky business. The Regents, a group of Californians entrusted with the education of 11 undergraduate and graduate campuses, are appointed by the governor. Their appointments are…
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Bourdieu in Algeria
Speaking on colonial Algeria: “This society, … which was constituted through a totality of indissociable elements that were all expressions of the same original ‘style,’ suffered [a subi] the shock of another civilization that did not make itself felt in a piecemeal or targeted fashion but in totality, rupturing not only the economic order but…
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This week we’re talking about race
Tim Wise: The Creation of Whiteness Everyone’s a little bit racist!
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Capacity to transform society
I’m looking forward to seeing Randall McGuire speak this weekend at the Public Anthropology Conference. We’re currently reading Archaeology as Political Action, in which he lays out three goals of a “Marxist radical praxis,” which provide a good outline for anyone interested in change-making: A Marxist radical praxis necessarily involves three goals to know the…
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Reinventing
Last week, my Foundations of Anthropology professor opened with this quote: “Each anthropologist must reinvent [anthropology], as a general field, for him or herself, following personal interest and talent where best they may lead.” – Dell Hymes, Reinventing Anthropology Hyme’s insight encouraged me to be creative, different, and not hold myself to others’ standards. And…
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