ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

A Canadian anthropological approach to the study of empire and the human condition

Minerva and the Terrorism Industry: “The rule of experts as a means to covert imperial rule”

First, a video. On 27 August 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense hosted a workshop about the Minerva Research Initiative. Among the speakers was Craig Calhoun, president of the Social Science Research Council, cheerfully calling for enhanced and widened collaboration between academia and the military. Thomas Mahnken of the Pentagon is also presented as he […]

Toward a More Public Social Science

By SSRC President Craig Calhoun I want to suggest four crucial ingredients of a more public social science that are not always stressed in such discussions. 1. Engagement with public constituencies must move beyond a dissemination model. It is not enough to say that first scientists will do whatever “pure” research moves them and then, […]