The AAA has come out with a statement on the Human Terrain Systems teams being used in Afghanistan, and has also set up a blog for members to make statements ( Read more... )

My uncle sent me this article yesterday, about Montgomery McFate and her work with the US military surrounding the war in Iraq. It's also linked to the two resolutions that are on this year's AAA ballot about anthropology and torture, and a condemnation of the war in Iraq ( Read more... )

Two reasons why anthropologists are 'better' than psychologists:

1. Anthropologists drink more and break fewer glasses than psychologists. (From a remark made by a bartender -- working at a venue that  hosted the APA conference a week before the AAAs -- to a AAA presenter.)

2. American Anthropologists Stand Up Against Torture and the Occupation of ( Read more... )

I'm running into a potential roadblock in my anthro education. Granted, it could be due mainly to the fact that I'm attending surely one of the most far left universities in the US (UC Santa Cruz). But the predominance of Marxist theory is staggering from what I've observed, and I just can't swallow it. I won't waste space going into why, but it ( Read more... )

two questions pertaining to introductory Anthropology ( Read more... )

Hi all ( Read more... )

I'm just curious who else will be at the AAA National Meeting from Nov 30th thru Dec 3rd? Seems to me that this would be a prime opportunity to meet for lunch, drinks, or otherwise and get to meet face to face some of the others in our community.