Before jumping into some cautions about mentoring as part of critical pedagogy and anthropological practice, I want to point out that I updated my last post to reflect two specific references: John McCreery’s discussion of teaching/learning as “fellow travellers on a great plain” comes from Stanley Cavell’s book Conditions Handsome and Unhandsome: The Constitution of [...]Matt’s recent post about the survival of disciplines like anthropology in the post neo liberal future was, like all the best sci- fi stories, simultaneously fun and scary with distinct elements of , if not truth exactly, possibility. We recognise the narrative and see ourselves in it because of how we are experiencing these kinds [...]Savage Minds is happy to announce that guest blogger Carole McGranahan (Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado) will be joining us as a full time blogger. Please join us in giving her a warm welcome.I recently read on the Pacific Anthropology listserv of the passing of Ali Pomponio, an ethnographer of Papua New Guinea. I only met Ali once, at a conference, but she she cut a bella figure and was pretty hard to forget. Intense and energetic, being caught up her in wake was like suddenly finding yourself [...]
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I’m about to upgrade the blog engine (antropologi.info is powered by b2evolution) and I hope everything will work fine, but you never know, upgrading can get tricky. In any case, the blog will be unavailable for at least for a few minutes during the upgrade process.
I hope I’ll resume blogging shortly afterwards, it has been quiet here too long already!!
PS 18:06 - Upgraded! And everything seems to work as it should, yeah!Original post blogged on antropologi.info.
And now for some humorous and interesting, if not outright hilarious, socio-cultural phenomena for your anthropological Saturday morning. The small background images on credit cards are a way in which people can personalize their credit cards and express a small part of their identity (along with everyone else who chooses the same theme, of course). [...]
Looks like HTS is hiring again. Here’s some info from the Network of Concerned Anthros:We like to read at Savage Minds and we like to share. Around the Web is our a monthly collection of internet flotsam ostensibly of interest to anthropologists. There’s some news and politics, a few timewasters, and academia stories mixed in with reports about evolution, culture, and methodology. You can follow us @savageminds, like us [...]