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Anthropologists talk about ” REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN EGYPT “; Open Access debates continue… an anthropology roundup

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HOT SPOTS: REVOLUTION AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN EGYPT Submitted by Cultural Anthro… on Tue, 2012-01-31 11:54 Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt a Year after January 25th Guest Editors: Julia Elyachar (University of California, Irvine) and Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University) On January 25, 2011, Egyptians from all social backgrounds marched to public squares across Egypt and began an 18 day revolution … Read more

Ryan Anderson interviews Jason Baird Jackson on anthropology and open access…and an anthropology roundup….

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Anthropology & Open Access: An Interview with Jason Baird Jackson (Part 1 of 3) from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Ryan During the last few weeks I had the chance to conduct an email based interview with Jason Baird Jackson about Open Access (OA), academic publishing, and anthropology? … Read more

A book review: How racist is American anthropology?

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How racist is American anthropology? from antropologi.info – anthropology in the news blog by Lorenz Why does anthropology tend to focus on ?exotic others”? Why this obsession with Africa? How come calls by well-known anthropologists such as Paul Rabinow to ?anthropologize the West seemed to have not brought forth much fruit? How racist is American … Read more