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Henry A. Giroux: "Against the Militarized Academy"
As some readers already know, Henry Giroux was one of the U.S.’ leading critical scholars, until 2005 when he “defected” to Canada to take up the the Global TV Network Chair in Engli… more →
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Henry A. Giroux: "Against the Militarized Academy"
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: As some readers already know, Henry Giroux was one of the U.S.’ leading critical scholars, unt … more →
A World Upside Down: Institutional Connections of Anthropology Bloggers
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Here is a simple, factual observation [even this opening line is rendered comical by the critical qu … more →
Anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani, among Top 10 of World's Public Intellectuals
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: How about that? Foreign Policy has released its rankings, based on ballots cast, of the world’ … more →
Is the "lone researcher" a myth?
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Elitists, isolated in their ivory towers, serving out life terms in self-imposed exile. It’s a … more →
Useful Anthropology (and "Political Gonorrhoea")
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: A variety of thoughts on the “uses” and “usefulness” of anthropology were pr … more →
Not Radical Enough: Disengaged Anthropology (1.5)
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: “The choice to rely … on cultural anthropologists in the rebuilding of a defeated enemy … more →
On "The Ivory Tower": Marc Bousquet speaks with Tiziana Terranova
Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: A very interesting conversational interview between Tiziana Terranova and Marc Bousquet is available … more →
George Marcus: "No New Ideas" (2.0) & the After-Life of Anthropology (1.1)
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Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: In a recent notification of new articles in Cultural Anthropology, I saw this particular item: Cultu … more →
Transforming Academia
Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: A book review by Margaret Taylor. BASCH, L., L. SAUNDERS, J. SHARP & J. PEACOCK (eds). Transform … more →
Bloggers Reacting to the American Anthropological Association's Online Statement
Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: Thanks to Lorenz Khazaleh at antropologi.info for his round up of anthropology bloggers’ react … more →
Why is Anthropology Linked to Counterinsurgency?
Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: Still speaking of comments posted in the discussion on the AAA’s new blog, I noted that one wr … more →
Anthropologists React to the AAA Statement on the Ethics of Counterinsurgency Research
Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: Readers can quickly see the comments being posted by anthropologists, predominantly American, rangin … more →
The Ethics of Conference Attendance
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Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: On a neighbouring blog, The Other Librarian, I came across an interesting discussion of an issue tha … more →
To "Abu Muqawama": Tilting at Shadows of an Ivory Tower
Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: It is not surprising to me that the “Ivory Tower” image (really the shadow of one) has c … more →
The Ethnographer's "Job" Makes a Little Boy Laugh
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Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: In 1999, while doing “fieldwork” in Arima, Trinidad. I am taking a smoke break alone, an … more →
Montgomery McFate: The New Heroine for a Collapsing Discipline (1.1)
Maximilian Forte wrote 2 years ago: [see "Me so horny, me love you long time": The Phallo-Fascism of a Vainglorious Anthropologist in th … more →
