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anthropology and student debt
Student debt is everywhere. It seems like everyone is going into debt. It’s unstoppable, endless, ubiquitous. We’re all in debt. We’re all drowning in numbers and compound interest. All from an...
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Monogamous heterosexual marriage is just one of many ways humans can live....
If you haven’t seen the link making its way through social media, I highly recommend Rosemary Joyce’s piece Ask An Anthropologist about Marriage. It’s an excellent anthropological analysis of the...
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RTFM
If you’ve spent any time perusing web forums you’ve encountered the phrase “RTFM” which stands for “Read the fucking manual.” This invariably offends the initial poster who, rightfully (IMHO), points...
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The Tangibility of a Social Network
One of the questions we asked in our surveys of adjuncts and post-adjuncts was about the nature of post-graduation support from one’s mentor and alma mater. I wondered whether any advisers cut former...
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Sarah Kendzior on life after a PhD in anthropology
Check out this interview with Sarah Kendzior about life after the PhD. A lot to think about. And a lot that many people do not want to talk about. Here’s my favorite quote: What I realized during my...
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Around the Web Digest
There hasn’t been an Around the Web Digest since the Savage Minds home site went down and we had to set up its temporary digs here. That means we’re over due for a round-up of February and March! You...
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Readings, here and there, plus comments
Lots of things to read, but not much time to post about each one. So, why not post some snippets, links, and comments? Ok, I will then. 1. Check out this important post by Kate Clancy about...
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anthropology, race & racism III: oops, wrong guy edition
I have three links for you: 1. The Saudi marathon man: What made them suspect him? He was running—so was everyone. The police reportedly thought he smelled like explosives; his wounds might have...
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Update: There was no change of heart (open access + a little satire)
I know this is a while after the fact, but I just wanted to make something very, very clear. The last post I wrote about open access, in which I supposedly had a “change of heart,” was 100 percent...
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You Too Can Have Mixed Results with Blackboard
Every semester I switch up my Introduction to Anthropology class a little. The big change this spring was that all the graded assignments were online. I tried this through a couple of different...
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Gillison, Sahlins, and NAS
I’ll break end-of-semester radio silence today to make some comments on Gillian Gillison’s recent article All for One and One for All: A Response to Marshall Sahlins. It’s a great example of how not to...
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Open Thread: Who owns anthropology?
Following up on some of the comments and discussion going on in Matt’s latest post, I wanted to open up a thread to talk a bit about this important question: WHO OWNS ANTHROPOLOGY? Do PhDs own...
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God Bless Sage for their Unvarnished Commercialism
The nice thing about Sage is that they don’t try to hide who they are and what they do. They want to make money — lots of money — and they use us to do it. This is so different from the American...
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Vale Ward Goodenough
As some readers out there may know, Ward Goodenough passed away this week. A Micronesianist who had done a little work on Papua New Guinea, his death prompted an spate of remembrances on the Pacific...
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Anthropology: It’s not just a “promotion” problem
Just read this guest column in the Orlando Sentinel by Ty Matejowski and Beatriz M Reyes-Foster. It was written a while back, but still worth a read. Good on them for writing this piece. It’s all...
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The Newest HAU: An Embarrassment of Riches
I am not an artless enthusiast for the open access journal HAU. I didn’t post a fawning blog entry when they released the first number of their Masterclass Series, “Cosmological Perspectivism in...
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Using George Zimmerman as an object lesson in the anthropology of policing
(Savage Minds is pleased to run this guest column from Kevin Karpiak. Kevin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. His work...
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How to explain anthropology to a physicist
Science works by proposing and disposing of hypotheses. Hypotheses come from a lot of places: previous research results, modeling, inspiration, and plain old intuition. Our intuition is a good source...
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Harry Potter on a Sunday Morning
Public anthropology is something any of us can do and its a practice we can engage in at any scale. I’ve written before about how anthropology helped me speak in front of city council to save the...
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Best Worst Job Interview
I know its not exactly jobs season, but I was inspired by this epic open thread about usual/ inappropriate/ trick questions that have come up in a job interview. A tour through the comments section...
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