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0.171: Anthropology and the Will to Meaning: Vassos Argyrou4 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 days ago: This interlude in the series is to finally introduce the work of Dr. Vassos Argyrou (Reader in Socia … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, concepts, Ethnography, post-colonialism, THE ZERO SERIES, Anthropology, difference, egalitarianism, ethnocentrism

Guahan

jazminebabyyy wrote 3 days ago: For one of my classes at the University of Guam, History of Guam to be exact, we are currently worki … more →

Tags: Guahan, Guam, political status, Military Buildup, Colonization

*A ‘World Historical’ Figure? The Politics of Lincoln’s International Legacy1 comment

Vinay Lal wrote 3 days ago: The US has been awash this year with celebrations of Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial. The feeling is … more →

Tags: American Society and Culture, global politics, The Politics of Culture, 'world historical' figures, 9/11 attacks, Abraham Lincoln, b r ambedkar, declining American hegemony, Edwin Stanton

Welcome! (About this Blog)

practicalsolidarity wrote 1 week ago: Hi friends and strangers! This blog is set up to chronicle my research & activism, which are com … more →

Tags: anthropological theory, Freeskool, anarchism, Activist Anthropology, social transformation, decolonizing methods, Anthropology, niki thorne

0.185: Terms of Incorporation, Concepts of Domination11 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 4 weeks ago: Phrases such as “decolonizing anthropology”* and “anthropology and the colonial encounter” have beco … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, concepts, Ethnography, post-colonialism, THE ZERO SERIES, Anthropology, ethnocentrism, faye harrison, kwame nkrumah

0.189: Stanley Diamond & Claude Lévi-Strauss on the Nature and Future of Anthropology5 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 month ago: Two relatively short articles from the 1960s that I found useful, especially in connection with the … more →

Tags: Notes & Quotes, colonialism/imperialism, concepts, Ethnography, THE ZERO SERIES, Claude Lévi-Strauss, indigeneity, Objectivity, Stanley Diamond

0.19: Questions about Colonialism and Anthropology: Epistemology, Methodology, and Politics28 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 month ago: Two Sides of the Same Coin Anthropology might look it came to us with a dual consciousness. On one s … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Elitism, Ethnography, EUROCENTRISM & UNIVERSALISM, THE ZERO SERIES, Adolf Bastian, Bartolome de las Casas, Claude Lévi-Strauss, cultural evolutionism

Black Mesa Indigenous Support

ludditerobot wrote 1 month ago: Keep fighting. … more →

Tags: Anti-racism, activism, anti-patriarchy, Anti-Capitalism

0.20: “Potentially Dangerous Implications for the Practice of Anthropology Today”6 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 month ago: [This is the first in a descending series of articles that will bring this blog to a close.] Circle … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Elitism, Ethnography, hegemony, THE ZERO SERIES, Adam Kuper, Colonialism, cosmopolitanism, ethnicity

Materiality of Discourses on Decolonization

Ryan/Aless wrote 1 month ago: [The Pintura of Chimalhuacán-Atoyac, an Amerindian "map"] Walter Mignolo’s The Darker Side of the Re … more →

Tags: Etat, Demos, Empire, Expert, genealogist, Il(unconscious)logical Arguer/Rhetor/Magician, Joueur de Pouvoir, Knower, Kritiko

Thinkin' about Thesis Writing

fichekmalanta wrote 2 months ago: The citations are not here but I’m trying to get some drafting back into my daily scope of wor … more →

(Re)Imperializing Anthropology and Decolonizing Knowledge Production28 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 months ago: I presented the paper below, “(Re)Imperializing Anthropology and Decolonizing Knowledge Produc … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, AFRICOM, Anthropology, Canada, coin, counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, David Price, DoD

Blind Spots: Ethical Research in the Midst of Counterinsurgency3 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 months ago: “Rough Terrain,” an article by Vanessa Gezari in the Washington Post (30 Aug. 2009), one … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Human Terrain Teams, Research, human terrain system, Afghanistan, David Price, ethics, htt, hts

Beloved Discordia6 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 2 months ago: Discordia Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal, 2004, 68 min 40 s On September 9, 2002, a scheduled appearance … more →

Tags: Advocacy, colonialism/imperialism, libération, political movements, 1969, Benjamin Netanyahu, Canada, Caribbean, Concordia University

Afghanistan and the Emergence of the Taliban: Reviewed Works5 comments

M. Jamil Hanifi wrote 3 months ago: A previous article on this site quoted sections of Ahmed Rashid’s TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil and F … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Afghanistan, drugs, Taliban, Kandahar, Kabul, Pakistan, usama bin laden, M. Jamil Hanifi

Misrepresentation: Prostituting "Open Anthropology" to the Military21 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 3 months ago: Open to the Military For those following the current conflict between the Open Anthropology Project … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Collaboration, concepts, hts, human terrain system, Keith Hart, Masn, Militarization, military

Practical, Decolonizing Solidarity: Course/Group through Hamilton Freeskool

practicalsolidarity wrote 3 months ago: Hello solidarity oriented allies! As you know, summer term of freeskool is coming to a close. I ever … more →

Tags: Freeskool, Solidarity Activism, Hamilton Freeskool, Six Nations, Solidarity

Questions about the Taliban: Struggle against the USSR; Reagan; how popularity was gained5 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 3 months ago: Reading Ahmed Rashid’s TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (New Ha … more →

Tags: political movements, Afghanistan, Mujahadeen, Mujahidin, Mullah Omar, Ronald Reagan, Taliban, Women, zbigniew brzezinski

Bait & Switch from the Anti-Colonial Hearts & Minds2 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 3 months ago: Reading like a classic scene replayed from the vast literature on colonial history, this gem: In the … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, counterinsurgency, Afghanistan, Gender, Taliban, Marines, coin, Helmand, dahaneh


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