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Open Anthropology Cooperative29 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 6 months ago: A new development in anthropology online has taken form today, and that is the creation of the Open … more →

Tags: Collaboration, Keith Hart, Lorenz Khazaleh, Ning, Open Anthropology Cooperative

“Useless Anthropology”: Strategies for Dealing with the Militarization of the Academy10 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 6 months ago: The following is a copy of the paper I delivered at the CASCA-AES conference in Vancouver on Friday, … more →

Tags: Decolonization, RESTRUCTURING KNOWLEDGE, colonialism/imperialism, Open-Source, OPEN ACCESS/OPEN SOURCE, Montgomery McFate, counterinsurgency, human terrain system, hts

Round Table: "The Anthropologist in Mined Fields" (updated)2 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 10 months ago: DEINZEIN, the newest anthropology blog, by fellow Montréal anthropologist Kiven Strohm, is announcin … more →

Tags: Collaboration, colonialism/imperialism, Advocacy, political economy of academia, political movements, The Anthropologist in Mined Fields, Université de Montréal, DEINZEIN

Annunciando la prima edizione di «I migliori dei blogs di antropologia»

Maximilian Forte wrote 11 months ago: Un numero crescente di antropologi ha cominciato a produrre e diffondere il loro lavorro su Internet … more →

Tags: Collaboration, blogs, Blogging, Anthropology, Best of Anthropology Blogging, Neuroanthropology

Best of Anthropology Blogging: Call for Submissions2 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 11 months ago: Conceived, organized, and hosted by Neuroanthropology: Best of Anthropology Blogging 2008: Call for  … more →

Tags: blogs, Blogging, Anthropology, anthropology blogging, Best of Anthropology Blogging, Melhor de blogging antropolgia, Lo Mejor de los Blogs Antropológicos, Le meilleur Anthropo-blogoscape, Antro-blogoskape yang paling baik untuk tahun

Henry A. Giroux: "Against the Militarized Academy"1 comment

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: As some readers already know, Henry Giroux was one of the U.S.’ leading critical scholars, unt … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, THE LEANING IVORY TOWER, Notes & Quotes, counterinsurgency, Pentagon, Militarization, Minerva Research Initiative, National Security State, Henry Giroux

DIGITIZE THIS BOOK!: The Politics of New Media, or Why We Need Open Access Now

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: DIGITIZE THIS BOOK! is a new book by Gary Hall, recently published by the University of Minnesota Pr … more →

Tags: open access, RESTRUCTURING KNOWLEDGE, Gary Hall, Digitize this Book

The "Tree of Academics": Introducing academia.edu

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: On Oct. 13 I received an interesting announcement from Richard Price, a Fellow of All Souls College, … more →

Tags: CYBERSPACE RESEARCH, academia.edu

A Crisis of Vast Quantities in Academia?9 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Mark Bauerline’s essay, “Reading, Writing, and the Profession,” in The Chronicle R … more →

Tags: political economy of academia, Publishing, Teaching, Reading, Productivity, Work Ethic

More on Anthropological Research Ethics and Association Politics

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: A little more deserves to be noted about the current announcement by the American Anthropological As … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, political economy of academia, Network of Concerned Anthropologists, iraq, Montgomery McFate, counterinsurgency, human terrain system, Afghanistan, american anthropological association

A World Upside Down: Institutional Connections of Anthropology Bloggers20 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Here is a simple, factual observation [even this opening line is rendered comical by the critical qu … more →

Tags: THE LEANING IVORY TOWER, blogs, Blogging

The Ethical Failure of Nerve at Canadian Universities

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: This piece comes from University Affairs, a recommended site for news and analysis of Canadian highe … more →

Tags: RESTRUCTURING KNOWLEDGE, political economy of academia, ethics, Christine Overall, purpose of the university, social role of the university

Imperializing Open Access and Militarizing Open Source: "What's yours is ours. What's ours is ours" (1.4)8 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: “Intelligence does not have to be secret to be valuable!” – University of Military … more →

Tags: CYBERSPACE RESEARCH, open access, RESTRUCTURING KNOWLEDGE, Ethnography, colonialism/imperialism, political economy of academia, Objectivity, Terrorism, trinidad

Announcing a New ANTHROPOLOGY - SOCIOLOGY blog of blogs1 comment

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Sara has just announced the formal launch of a new collaborative blog, a blog of blogs, covering ant … more →

Tags: Collaboration, CYBERSPACE RESEARCH, academic blogs, Anthropology & Sociology, Blogging, blogs, Sara

Minerva: Risks, Opportunities, Boycotts, and Mentally Handicapped Informants?1 comment

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: In the Washington Post article for which I was interviewed (I am the “but”, appropriatel … more →

Tags: Ethnography, colonialism/imperialism, political economy of academia, Funding, american anthropological association, research funding, aaa, ethics, Pentagon

National Security Research and the Geopolitical Context of Knowledge Production7 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Thinking about Hugh Gusterson’s “The U.S. Military’s Quest to Weaponize Culture … more →

Tags: Ethnography, colonialism/imperialism, political economy of academia, Barack Obama, iraq, counterinsurgency, human terrain system, Afghanistan, research funding

Comments on "A SPY IN OUR MIDST"

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Given the range and depth, not to mention the length, of some of the comments posted in discussion a … more →

Tags: colonialism/imperialism, Montgomery McFate, Politics, hts, Blogging, Spying, A Spy In Our Midst, discussion, .:*Conflict*:.

The Retreat of Globalization? The Possible Impacts on the Future of Anthropology

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: Before beginning, more than the usual word of caution to readers: added to the usual grain of salt, … more →

Tags: COMPLEXITY/CHAOS, political economy of academia, Canada, future of anthropology, Gender, University, Doha, WTO, Trade

Anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani, among Top 10 of World's Public Intellectuals3 comments

Maximilian Forte wrote 1 year ago: How about that? Foreign Policy has released its rankings, based on ballots cast, of the world’ … more →

Tags: THE LEANING IVORY TOWER, public anthropology, Uganda, Mahmood Mamdani, Foreign Policy, public intellectuals, Columbia University


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