#HAUTALK: The Tyranny of Structurelessness and No End in Sight
On June 11th 2018, David Graeber published an apology about the amount of time it took him to understand the extent of what was going wrong within HAU…
Tag: open access
Reclaiming a Broken Future for the Past
The revolution in information and communications technologies, which had so much promise for broadening access and participation in scholarship, certainly seems much darker and more ominous now. Socia…
Some Writings: Summer 2018
Some (smaller) writings from summer. Jason Baird Jackson (2018) “Community-Based Open Access, Fast and Slow.” Allegra Lab. June 20, 2018. http://allegralaboratory.net/community-based-open…
Bruce Kapferer: The Hau complicity: An event in the crisis of anthropology
Hau is a phenomenon. It burst on the scene of the relatively small academic scholarly world of anthropology capturing scholars from around the globe into its spirit. Hau…
Respect, care, and labor in collaborative scholarly projects by Nayantara Sheoran Appleton
As members of Somatosphere’s Editorial Collaborative, we have been following the unfolding crisis surrounding Hau with profound concern (Agro 2018, Flaherty 2018). As others have noted, this crisis…
Let’s Do This Together: A Cooperative Vision for Open Access
by Marcel LaFlamme, Dominic Boyer, Kirsten Bell, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Christopher Kelty, and John Willinsky Over the past two weeks, public allegations of abuse at the (formerly) open-access journa…
Don Kalb: HAU not: For David Graeber and the anthropological precariate
When HAU was launched, my grad students at Central European University were celebrating. Open access! Finally, a breach in the wall that separated the haves from the have-nots.…
Patrick Neveling: HAU and the latest stage of capitalism
As anthropology assesses an increasing number of reports about abuse, bullying, sexism, and financial misconduct and fraud at its now shooting-star journal HAU, it is important to keep…
Community-Based Open Access, Fast and Slow #hautalk
I would like to make the case that open access remains relevant to the mix of painful problems and worthy opportunities still before the ethnographic disciplines in the…
Pyramid Scheme. #hautalk
For people immersed in bureaucratic institutions, like universities, the current ruckus over HAU raises at least one longstanding anthropological question: what kind of organizational structure not on…
What is the Museum Anthropology Review Business (Labor) Model?
Alternate title: How to give away $99,000 worth of articles. Although it has become normalized in open access/scholarly publication reform discussions to speak in this way, it often…
Guest Post: An Open Letter from the Former HAU Staff 7
[Footnotes has received the following open letter from “The Former HAU Staff 7.”] This open-letter was written in December 2017 by a collective of former HAU staff in…
What is the current status of confidentiality and non-disclosure policies at HAU?
What is the current status of confidentiality and non-disclosure policies at HAU? Why can’t the policies be published? Those are my questions. This is my context. Alex Golub…
Open Access, Apathy & Cowardice in academic publishing: An interview w/ Taylor R. Genovese
In the previous iteration of this site, I talked a lot about Open Access. The trend continues. For some background, check out this 2009 interview with Colleen Morgan,…
Europäische Soziologie als „Public Good“. Interview mit Prof. Dr. Frank Welz, Präsident der European Sociological Association (2015-2017)
Frank Welz lehrt Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt soziale und politische Theorie an der Fakultät für Soziale und Politische Wissenschaften der Universität Innsbruck. Von 2015 bis September 2017…
Anthropology & Open Access
Open Access Logo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg Anthropology and open access or “open anthropology” – selected resources, interviews and com…
Rivers of the Anthropocene: new (Free!) book now available
This is a great looking new title, available here for free by the University of California Press. Regular UC Press site here. Rivers of the Anthropocene Jason M.…
Launch of Anthropocene Primer: open access platform
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF DIGITAL OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION AN ANTHROPOCENE PRIMER, Version 1.0 October 23, 2017 The IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute is proud to announce the official…
About that takedown notice from the AAA
Here we go again. If you’re a member of the American Anthropological Association, you should have received an email this past week (10/17) about avoiding copyright infringement. The…
About that takedown notice from the AAA
Here we go again. If you’re a member of the American Anthropological Association, you should have received an email this past week (10/17) about avoiding copyright infringement. The…
Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture
Just in time for the holiday that is at its center, I am happy to trumpet the publication of Framing Sukkot: Tradition and Transformation in Jewish Vernacular Architecture…
Perspectives: An Open Access Intro Anthro Textbook
(This guest post by Nina Brown, Thomas McIlwraith, and Laura Tubelle de González announces the launch of what I believe is the first open access textbook for an introduction to cultural…
Savage Ears, Anthro Minds: Writing “in my Culture”
A podcast and blog walk into a bar… Click the image above to check out the podcast on This Anthro Life This Anthro Life – Savage Minds Crossover…
Facebook in Papua New Guinea: What Happens When The Net Isn’t Neutral
If you care about open access, you should care about net neutrality. There are obvious reasons why: After all, there’s no point in putting your preprints online if…