Comments on: National Security Research and the Geopolitical Context of Knowledge Production http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/ Turning and turning in the widening gyre | The falcon cannot hear the falconer | Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold | Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world | The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere | The ceremony of innocence is drowned | The best lack all conviction, while the worst | Are full of passionate intensity. -- W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: News: Militarizing the Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-5644 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:29:41 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-5644 [...] National Security Research and the Geopolitical Context of Knowledge Production [...]

]]> By: Canada’s own Human Terrain System: White Situational Awareness Team in Afghanistan « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-2720 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:08:09 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-2720 [...] in Afghanistan Posted in COLONIALISM/IMPERIALISM by 1d4watchman on November 24th, 2008 On August 1st I wrote, “In Canada we seem to have, at least in terms of objective conditions, all of the [...]

]]> By: Imperializing Open Access and Militarizing Open Source: “What’s yours is ours. What’s ours is ours” « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-1568 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:36:53 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-1568 [...] I decided to develop my comments into a full post here, building on my previous post on “National Security Research and the Geopolitical Context of Knowledge Production.” Owen has since decided to produce a post titled, “Two Sides to Sharing [...]

]]> By: Maximilian Forte http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-1250 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:57:53 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-1250 Ah, there isn’t a single anthropologist at RMC…yet. Just kidding, I have no idea what plans RMC may have. It’s hard to explain why something doesn’t exist, so one should understand that my listing of “ingredients” available in Canada is pretty limited analytically. But if it happens, then I will boast, “I saw it coming” (lol).

]]> By: Marc Tyrrell http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-1248 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:34:19 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-1248 Really good post, Max. I think you have pulled our quite a few threads here that are, IMO, quite probable.

I do disagree, somewhat, with your comments about the factors for a Canadian HTS equivalent. You are correct about a lot of the factors, but did you know that there isn’t a single Anthropologist at RMC?

From what I have seen, there just doesn’t seem to be much interest on the part of the CF in getting on the HTS bandwagon.

]]> By: Maximilian Forte http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-1247 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:01:09 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-1247 Interesting that you mention that. Montgomery McFate spoke several months ago about the extension or application of the Human Terrain System under the U.S. military’s “Africa Command.” A quick search of their site reveals that they are speaking of “human terrain analysis” in a “new” vision for AFRICOM: read their article here.

]]> By: Pamthropologist http://zeroanthropology.net/2008/08/01/national-security-research-and-the-geopolitical-context-of-knowledge-production/#comment-1245 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:47:00 +0000 http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/?p=1560#comment-1245 One wonders how these new agendas will play out in an African context. Will the next wave of anthropologists in Nigeria be dispatched to the Niger Delta to track the activities of MEND and their relations with local communities to advance the corporate interests of Shell and Chevron?

I feel sick.

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