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Fill the tanks 23 Aug 2013 | 06:40 am
In a recent interview Joss Whedon gives a bit of advice that I think every student and intellectual needs to hear: “fill the tanks”: Constantly watch things and things you don’t [normally watch]. Ste...
Op-Eds: What Anthropologists Can Add to the Debate 21 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Anthropologists have much to contribute to civic discourse, but all too often we are bypassed in favor of experts in other fields, such as psychology or political science. Although many of us try to p...
Anthropology Under the NSA’s Eyes 21 Aug 2013 | 08:44 am
We now know that living abroad or corresponding with someone outside the US makes you fair game for government surveillance. A few years ago I wrote about the difficulties faced by anthropologists wor...
Open Access Success, California style. 15 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
(It took me a while to figure out how to post here since Savage Minds is now in a permanent state of exception. We are all Agambenians now, apparently.) Two weeks ago the University of California sys...
Anthropologists Engaging with Media 14 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
“Anthropology,” James Peacock said in a 1995 address at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association, “boasts brilliant observers, cultural critics, writers, and creators, yet few i...
Professionalization in Anthropology Graduate Programs 7 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Savage Minds welcomes guest blogger Rachel Newcomb. Many of us find the transition from graduate school to the world of the gainfully employed to be a challenging one. One moment, you’re happily ...
Colonial Entanglement [Book Review] 4 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
Colonial Entanglement [book review] Dennison, Jean. 2012. Colonial Entanglement: Constituting a Twenty-first Century Osage Nation. University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill. Framed by the publ...
Around the Web Digest 2 Aug 2013 | 07:46 am
Every day at Savage Minds we are diligently scouring the web for the best and most relevant current events and anthropology blogs. Ha! No not really. We just throw some stuff up on Twitter every once ...
Best Worst Job Interview 30 Jul 2013 | 12:55 am
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 re...
Harry Potter on a Sunday Morning 24 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
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 book...
