A rather worrisome article highlighting the newest weapon in the war on terror: Anthropologists. Definitely leads one to question the role of POSTcolonialism when we (academics, americans, and women) are actively colonizing.
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Also, has anyone else seen the CNN special "Planet in Peril?" Not surprisingly, it's focused almost exclusively in the "third world. "
Saturday, October 27, 2007
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Jessica: Great link. Indeed rather worrisome. However, it has been happening since the social sciences were born. There will always be some academics who will be "handmaidens to colonialism", as not all hold the same political leanings, and jobs are scarce.
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