I have noticed two trends in anthropological publishing: First, several of our major journals have shortened the maximum length of submissions to below the 10,000 word mark. Second, new ethnographies seem to be getting shorter and short, and several I’ve read are less than 200 words of body text. I’m sure anthropology is just going [...]Some faculty at Howard University write: Dear Friends and Colleagues, This is a Call for Action regarding the possible closing of the Anthropology Program at Howard University. On September 23, 2010, Howard University President Sidney A. Ribeau announced his intention to cut certain programs as part of an effort to restructure and streamline the curriculum. [...]It’s not the destination, it’s the journey: its a truism of sorts — or maybe a cliché? But some authors, particularly those who work in pedagogy, take this line rather too literally. Some of my favorite books are also the ones that drive me nuts because they make you experience what they are talking about [...]
antropologi.info social and cultural anthropology in the news Blogroll Nordisk auf Deutsch Journals Bulletin Board Search Guestbook Contact If you want to post call for papers etc use the new bulletin board 21 10 10 00:43:03, by Lorenz Categories : Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing anthropology general journal articles papers University Academia Democraticize scholarship Happy Open Access Week Let’s celebrate and promote open access to academic research It’s Open Access Week There hasn’t been much publicity around this event here in Norway , not in the anthro-blogosphere either . So , to start with , here some videos Here’s a quick , simple and funny introduction to the concept of open access in universities by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and McGillSince we’ve just entered the 10th year of U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan (well, 10 years this century) it seems a good time to say a few words about Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out Against The War (University of California Press 2010) co-authored by Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Lutz. Breaking Ranks recounts, largely through [...]I woke up this morning to discover that the NY Times public editor, Arthur Brisbane, had responded to the objections I had raised in my post about how Guy Deutscher’s article looked a lot like Lera Boroditsky’s. The problem here, I conclude, is not one of intellectual theft. It’s really a problem of journalism itself. [...]Alberto Corsín and Adolfo Estrella, of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have organized a conference I’m going to called “Prototyping cultures: social experimentation, do-it-yourself science and beta-knowledge.” This is something Adam Fish has written about here, and which is perennially on my mind. Here is how they orient the problem: What do a self-managed [...]I recently finished reading The Trashing of Margaret Mead: Anatomy of an anthropological controversy by Paul Shankman. I’m reviewing the book for Anthropological Forum and a full write-up will appear there, but I wanted to take a second to write up my impressions for Savage Minds since I think the book is definitely worth a [...]In both France and Britain, state commitment to financing housing for poorer tenants is now being radically reduced, with governments relieving themselves of responsibility for the welfare of the population in the assumption that people will take care of their own well-being, without the organised redistribution that fiscal systems allow. What do anthropologists say? We’re [...]