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Complying with “Counter-Terrorism”: State Securitization of Canadian Academia (part 3)
(Part 1) (Part 2) Complying with “Counter-Terrorism,” Practicing Domestic Counterinsurgency Canada has a very long history of practicing various forms of counterinsurgency (military, political, and even religious), first against Indigenous Peoples, then against the citizens of other nations such as Afghanistan, and now against its own citizens at home. The place that inspired Apartheid, has […]
Complying with “Counter-Terrorism”: State Securitization of Canadian Academia (part 2)
July 23, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
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(Part 1) Taking Hostages: Research Funding to “Prevent Terrorism” Earlier this year, on January 25, 2012, Canada’s rather infamous and unpopular Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews, announced the first call for proposals for the Kanishka Project, “a multi-year investment in terrorism-focused research by the Government of Canada”. (It’s somehow both chilling and comical: that […]
Complying with “Counter-Terrorism”: State Securitization of Canadian Academia (part 1)
July 23, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
Insidious Security Recently I was contacted by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), to serve as a peer reviewer for research grant proposals submitted under the new “Connection Program”. Having publicly criticized the structure and uneven geographical and institutional distribution of SSHRC funding in the past (see [1], [2], [3], [4]), […]
Canadian Anthropology, the Human Terrain System, and the Minerva Research Initiative: Canadian Responses
February 8, 2009 by Maximilian Forte
One Canadian Response As part of a broader framework of Canadian responses to the militarization of anthropology, and in particular the potential for American influence in this respect on Canadian anthropology, I am pleased to announce that the subject occupies several pages of the current issue of Culture, the newsletter of the Canadian Anthropology Society […]
Hugh Gusterson: “Minerva Controversy,” and the SSRC
October 23, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
The U.S. Social Science Research Council has launched a series of articles in a special section of its website devoted to what it calls the Minerva Controversy. Among them is Hugh Gusterson’s “Unveiling Minerva.” This is a list of some of the key points he makes in his article: (1) Gusterson persuasively likens Pentagon funding […]
Minerva: Risks, Opportunities, Boycotts, and Mentally Handicapped Informants?
August 8, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
In the Washington Post article for which I was interviewed (I am the “but”, appropriately at the end), there was a suggestion that a project critical of U.S. foreign policy should be submitted to test the openness of the Minerva Research Initiative and its Pentagon-funded counterpart at the National Science Foundation. I do not recall […]
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July 23, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
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