decasia: critique of academic culture: Modernity isn’t philosophical
Here’s a tidbit from before Sarkozy was President that gives a certain sense of how his administration was likely to regard philosophy, and the humanities in general: « Nicolas n’est pas quelqu’un qui...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: Three Ways Activists in Egypt Use Social Media
Information technology scholar Ramesh Srinivasan published a new article on the ways political activists across the spectrum–from the Muslim Brotherhood to democratic youth groups to pro-military...
View Articleanthropologyworks: Anthro in the news 2/3/14
World Bank’s development plan for Myanmar Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank and trained medical anthropologist and medical doctor, published an article in The Huffington Post describing the...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Attempt to ban CHP deputy’s personal website…...
Some friends argue that in the last wave of website bans Palo Alto Networks are involved… However, no certain evidence… CHP deputy head reveals robbery, says ban on personal website a sign of...
View ArticleAnthropological Observations . . . on economics, politics, and daily life:...
There are many varieties of capitalism, and, given our current travails, we in the U.S. are starting to realize that we may have a lot to learn from other ways of organizing the economy. By law, half...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: “Kanal İstanbul project may increase destruction...
Kanal İstanbul project may increase destruction during an earthquake – CİHAN Kanal İstanbul project may increase destruction during an earthquake TR_ISTA – 02.02.2014 11:38:58 Kanal İstanbul, a new...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Justice a la Turca: Ergenekon judge admits...
Ergenekon judge says he wouldn’t have accepted indictment if he could properly read it The chief judge of the Ergenekon coup plot case has admitted that he did not thoroughly read the original...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: Bread, Freedom and Social Justice in a Sufi Khidma
Here on this blog, and in two forthcoming papers, I have been writing about the spirit of Tahrir Square during the 18-days of uprisings in 2011 using terms from anthropological theory such as...
View ArticleAn Anthropologist in Engineer's Clothing: The Curious Incident of the...
The following is a lessons learned taken from the renovation of elementary school in rural New Mexico. It was part the findings from a post occupancy evaluation (POE) conducted by M.E. GROUP for the...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Eurosphere agenda: Corruption costing bloc $162...
MAIN FOCUS: Heavy cost of corruption for Europe | 04/02/2014 Corruption costs the EU economy around 120 billion euros per year, the EU’s first Anti-Corruption Report published on Monday reveals....
View ArticleC L O S E R: Het Nederlands Instituut Marokko (NIMAR) moet open blijven!
Closer Blog:Het Nederlands Instituut Marokko (NIMAR) moet open blijven!Read more: Het Nederlands Instituut Marokko (NIMAR) moet open blijven!
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cengiz Aktar: Bir Alman Hıristiyan Demokrat’ın...
Bir Alman Hıristiyan Demokrat’ın gözüyle AB-Almanya-TC ilişkisi Türkiye kesif karanlığa büründü. “Daha bugünleri arayacağız” diyen az değil. Büyük resmi görebilenler kaostan çıkışın yine ve tekrar...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Erdoğan in Germany… A foreign policy roundup…
The media in PM Erdoğan’s plane to Berlin The other evening, I ran across a Turkish group while entering the new favorite hotel in Berlin, the Ritz Carlton. The one among them with the long grey...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cyberculture agenda: “The rise of...
The Facebook Decade: A Review of the Social Giant’s Disruptive History As it reaches its first decade of existence, Mark Zuckerberg‘s creation stands as the premiere social network in the world. With...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EU Parliament member @MarietjeSchaake questions:...
Parliamentary Question: new legislation censors internet in Turkey marietjeschaake.eu Turkish Internet bill to ‘deepen press freedom crisis,’ CPJ says The press freedom NGO slammed Ankara for...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Gülen sues Erdoğan for libel… A politics roundup…
Islamic scholar Gülen sues Turkish PM for libel Lawyers representing Gülen filed a complaint for allegedly ‘denigrating and insulting’ remarks Local elections will be test for AKP: Turkish PM...
View ArticleAAA blog: New Resource for Emerging Anthropologists
Two important lessons we learned at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Chicago: 1. Recent graduates in anthropology are deeply devoted to the field and motivated to spread the good word. The rising scholars...
View ArticleCultural Commentary: Creation "Science" - The Nye/Ham Debate
Creationism Vs. Evolution: The Bill Nye/Ken Ham DebateI listened to most of the debate tonight, and it will be archived at debatelive.org for the next several days for those who are interested. The...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: #MehmetAyvalıtaş trial adjourned...
Turkey poised to crack down on Internet usage USA TODAY They are trying to build up a new infrastructure to surveil people and collect data about all Internet users from Turkey,” said Yamak Akdeniz,...
View ArticleAAA blog: Webinar Wednesdays: Engaging Anthropology
Save the date for Webinar Wednesdays! In 2014, the American Anthropological Association will host a monthly webinar series on the third Wednesday of the month on a variety of topics to engage...
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