Tag: anthropology
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in the 1960s, rumours surfaced that some anthropologists were being recruited by the CIA in Vietnam. In 1970, Eric Wolf, then chair of the AAA ethics committee, declared that social scientists were being recruited to assist the military in dealing with counterinsurgency in Thailand. “These programs comprise efforts at the manipulation of people on a…
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.prezi-player { width: 500px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf This is Anthropology on Prezi I basically want to drop it all right now, and go off and study anthropology. (via This is anthropology | john hawks weblog) (Source: http://prezi.com/)
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In Media Res: Ubiquitous video, local humiliation, networked dignity
Late last year I curated a week of posts for In Media Res, a superb project that brings anthropologists together to talk about online video. Writing fascinatingly alongside me were Sarah Van Deusen Phillips, Melissa Gira-Grant and Leshu Torchin. Here’s my post, originally published here: Shaky, grainy, traumatic footage filmed on mobile phones wielded by…
Sameer Padania 