Comments on: Open Anthropology Cooperative

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:20:31 +0000

No, why should I delete you? This is comedy I don’t have to pay for.

If it’s incomprehensible to you, how about you try this very intelligent approach for a change: shut the fuck up until you know better.

By: OpenAnthropologyNeedsMyName?

OpenAnthropologyNeedsMyName? — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:38:23 +0000

Honestly I think that this whole thread is rather pathetic, someone’s ego twisted in a knot, and babbling some incomprehensible nastiness.

Go ahead. Delete me. No one will know about your pathetic tyrannical impulses.

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Launch: The Open Anthropology Cooperative « Dan Cull Weblog — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:14:45 +0000

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By: There Can Be Only One! « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY

There Can Be Only One! « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:17:46 +0000

[...] As the real control lies in the hands of the network creator, Keith Hart, and he neglected to post a reply, the issue simply died. Keith Hart apparently deleted the entire forum where those early discussions began, that Carole McGranahan referred to above, that might have eliminated documentation of the genesis of the OAC had I not archived it and made it available here. And it’s not the first time that the deletion of public statements was done, as I documented here. [...]

By: R.A.

R.A. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:14:01 +0000

hey max,

well, i just came across the whole OAC thing the past week or so, and kind of joined it without too much critical thought. it seemed like an interesting project, and i have to admit that it did seem to have certain connections with the “Open Anthropology” that you and others have been pushing for. This is, as others found out WAY before me, not necessarily the case. Hmmm.

I jumped onto the ship a little late, and am already wondering about what the whole thing is–and what anthropology is supposed to be in the first place. To make a ridiculous understatement: I think there are definitely some different opinions about what anthropology is and should be.

So we’ll see where the OAC goes.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:17:35 +0000

Hey Max,
Sorry it has taken me so long to respond; I had to get offline for a couple of days to clear my head. For the record, I want to confirm your statement about my deleted post. It’s funny to me that it hasn’t been mentioned in all of the hubbub on the OAC about deleted posts – it’s as if it never happened, and since presumably only one other person saw the post (the person who deleted it) it might as well have never happened. In any case, I can’t show anyone what I posted because its deletion took me completely by surprise (it happened within a minute of me posting it), so I don’t have any record of it. The only real flaw with it was that I put up the names of the admins before they had officially accepted the position – which I would have changed if I had been asked. Instead the post got deleted and I got a fairly nasty email from one of the admins about it. In any case, the point is that the OAC is not without its share of historical revision.
I look forward to seeing the changes you’re making to this site, and learning more about the real Open Anthropology movement.
Take care,
Jeremy

By: Eliza Jane Darling

Eliza Jane Darling — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:59:36 +0000

Oh geez, I was thinking something completely different. My bad.

By: Frenchguy

Frenchguy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:28:31 +0000

That’s it, your memory is not failing here.
And I think what made me laugh was the litote : “not too flattering either”.
Goodnight everybody.

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:48:22 +0000

I hope this is not my failing memory again, but I thought that in Animal Farm “Napoleon” was the name of the chief revolutionary pig.

By: Eliza Jane Darling

Eliza Jane Darling — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:17:57 +0000

I don’t get it. About Napoleon. At least, I hope I don’t.

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:40:40 +0000

“the necessary outcomes of certain institutional settings and social processes” — yes, I agree that this is the more fundamental point of correspondence, many thanks.

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:38:16 +0000

Yes, it’s not obvious how to delete one’s account. One has to edit one’s profile, and somewhere at the bottom of the page there is a link for deleting one’s account.

By: Frenchguy

Frenchguy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:17:00 +0000

I appreciated that short moment of humour. Quite relieving.
But, and I think you would agree with me on that, the parallel is much less about individual personnalities or indiosyncrasies, and more about the necessary (?) outcomes of certain institutionnal settings and social processes. However, it doesn’t exclude the question of individual responsability altogether.

Best wishes for the work to come.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:06:02 +0000

Just try getting off Anthropologycoop on Ning! they are totally unhelpful on how to navigate their Byzantine web page in order to deactivate an account.

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:16:39 +0000

(I made the suggested corrections.)

You have me thinking about parallels, and they are not too flattering either, especially when thinking of Comrade Napoleon.