Metrics: An Addendum on RAE / REF
Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things: We have had overwhelming support from a wide range of academics for our paper on why metrics are inappropriate for assessing…
Author: Ethnographer | Ecographer
A 5-Step Approach to Reading Scholarly Literature and Making Notes
Reading academic literature is a skill that all college and university students must acquire, but as professors, we don’t always think about how that happens. Equally, making usable…
Sand in My Syllabus; Teaching Anthropology ‘Way Off Campus
In December 2012, I was invited to Oslo to give a presentation on pedagogy. This is what I said: I’ve taught anthropology in university classrooms; a lot. Many…
Anthropology Students Show their Creativity (and courage)
Set Them Free, They’ll Grow Wings I occasionally teach a course at the University of Alberta. It’s called Anthropology 207: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. The class…
Make the Dangerous Choice to Dissent – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review
This is my first ‘re-blogging’. While I may retweet, I generally prefer to speak my own words. But Umair Haque has captured my sentiments so well that I…