Once again, my thanks to Lorenz at antropologi.info for highlighting some important news, this time concerning the publication (and reviews) of Jack Goody’s The Theft of History. I will just post some links here for the reader to explore further, those links derived from “Jack Goody: ‘The West has never been superior’“:
Jack Goody, The Theft of History, Cambridge University Press: Introduction
Review by Keith Hart on The Memory Bank
Review by Robert M. Pike in The Canadian Review of Sociology
Review by Alfredo Ascanio in OhMyNews
Pamthropologist
7 September 2008
You might, also, note that Keith Hart seems to have made a renewed committment to his blog and seems to be listening to our complaints, having been part of an Open Source initiative among British social sciences. You can find a really excitng update about the project at his blog:
http://www.thememorybank.co.uk/2008/09/06/the-human-economy-3/
Hart doesn’t shill technology or brands but he is a hell of an anthropologist, IMHO. He refreshes me.
Pamthropologist
7 September 2008
You might also note that Keith Hart has made a bit of a renewed commitment to his blog and has a recent post up which indicates he is listening to our concerns. He announces a an new Open Source initiative put together by British social scientists (Africanists). You can find the details at his blog, the Money Bank, under the entry on “The Human Economy. The direct link would be to got to thememorybank.co.uk and read yesterday’s entry.
He doesn’t shill technology or” brands” but he still manages to be a pretty damn good anthropologist. You know, someone who remains focused on what we should be doing for our discipline and not our selves. (that put in my most obnoxious, sneery tone).
Maximilian Forte
7 September 2008
Thanks pam, I will have a look now.