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Nuremberg, Covid, and Anthropology: Never Again

Today, August 20, 2022, marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the trials of medical professionals at Nuremberg. Central principles and fundamental rights were enshrined as a result of the trials, which were then encoded in international law, domestic laws, and the codes of ethics followed by institutional review boards in US universities, the […]

Job Ads for Counterinsurgency Support on AAA Website?

This should be a source of embarrassment for the Executive Board of the American Anthropological Association, although thus far there is little indication of any. While denouncing anthropological support for counterinsurgency, as part of the Human Terrain System, the AAA has nonetheless allowed advertisements to be posted by those employing anthropologists for this very purpose. One is […]

Anthropology’s Dirty Little Colonial Streak

In good times it might appear to be a minor streak; at other times it is a big, broad swath. The coloniality of anthropology might be something hidden and obscured by the passage of time, perhaps seemingly esoteric; at other times, such as the present, anthropology’s role as an instrument of empire can come back […]