"I like the term covering lie ...: lies so big they are believed as truths and look so inevitable that they are justified by us in our daily lives even though there is plenty of evidence against them. Lies are: America is the land of opportunity for everybody; Britain is the home of modern democracy; … Continue reading Covering Lie
Tag: Archaeology
This week we’re talking about race
Tim Wise: The Creation of Whiteness Everyone's a little bit racist!
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 … Continue reading Capacity to transform society
