Centrifugal Citation Conformity Machine
I was recently in an information briefing (which was very useful) about Web of Science and citations/searches. Here are some thoughts on how the system at present breeds…
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The Sobraj Challenge
Well, I know, this is not such an appropriate headline and a bit cheeky to add it, but I find this article predictable and mind-boggling at the same…
Potential History (of Trinketization)
Seems about to nail the head on the hit: ‘Surrounded here by the wealth of objects, documents, images, and resources available in public and private museums, archives and…
Research on posters
Can someone in the UK souvenir one of these fab posters for me please (for ‘research’ purposes). I find them amazing. Yes, I know, it was the flip-floppery…
Care – a Christmas Carol
The inadequacy of charitable care as an international cure is evidenced despite the widespread propagation of philanthropic intervention. Bill Gates dedicates millions towards eradication of less glam…
Safdar Hashmi
So, in 1988 I was evading fieldwork or whatever it was – frankly, I had abandoned the very idea – and was hanging around with a writer whose…
What did you do in the war Pop?
Your article, What did you do in the war? Revisiting the WW2 memoirs of Stoker Thomas Mouat Tate, published in History and Anthropology, Volume 30 Issue 5, is now available…
The model for teaching at TDTU – in collaboration with Đỗ Thị Xuân Hương and Võ Nguyễn Thiện Phúc
A somewhat random video made to explain a model of teaching for a class on Capital and Anthropology/Mapping at Ton Duc Thang University, Faculty of Social Sciences and…
Opiates and the Volk
Digging out old snippets I’d forgot I kept handy – clearly not that handy, but near enough to the top of my inbox that I could find them…
Critique of Anthropology
This journal deserves your support – it has always been the go-to place for anthropology as it is now. Owes much to John Gledhil and the much-missed Steve…
Bougainville Independence in 10 Days to shake the world…
A long time coming, it is likely that Bourgainville will be independent – and still may or may not reopen the mine that made Riotinto billions. 15k dead…
Immigration force
Some may wonder why Britain quite likes having a cheap labour force available for illicit work, yet politicians spend huge amounts of time presenting their tough on immigration…
downloads
WordPress started counting text downloads of articles in July this year. Interesting stat. So the books get quite a few 56 for Rumour of Calcutta 1996 26 for…
Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities #ISSH2019
An International Conference at Ton Duc Thang University October 4-5, 2019 Innovations are the key. In method and analysis, in the ways in which scholarship engages with society…
International Conference: Innovation in the Social Sciences and Humanities TDTU 2019 prime time
television news does not usually highlight academic conferences I guess: please watch us on HTV9: http://www.htv.com.vn/hoi-thao-quoc-te-ve-de-tai-khoa-hoc-xa-hoi-va-nhan-van-1
ISSH2019
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contradictions of capital
How come sometimes a book is 80 quid on Amazon then three days later is 3 quid? Anyway, at last they caught up with the new one from…
Sundarbans, Climate, Tigers, Law.
Liquidity of the Sundarbans: If the Tigers and Cyclones Don’t Get You, the Law Will This forms the first part of a new research concentration for me, and…
Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, saying…
From The Undercommens: Fugitive Planning and Black Study: So, as a youngster heading out to do what damage I could to the world, I inadvertently joined, as…
International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities at Ton Duc Thang University October 4-5, 2019
International Conference at Ton Duc Thang University October 4-5, 2019 Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities Innovations are the key. In method and analysis, in the ways…
Marx in Calcutta, 2018, CITY, Vol 22 (4); 490-509.
Marx in CalcuttaCITY2018 Just click on the page to read the whole thing.
Jadavpur University and the pecuniary investment jealousy rag (need some infrastructure surely).
I don’t have cause to say so often enough, but I consider Jadavpur a second alma mater for me (just as second breakfast is the most important meal…
What is science in Social Science and what has the history of Philosophy had to say about it?
What is science in Social Science and what has the history of Philosophy had to say about it? Well, so glad you asked – I can talk for…