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More Developments and Debates on Open Access Scholarship…and One Outrageous Proposal

Following from yesterday’s post on open access publishing in anthropology, and thanks in part to discussions presented on the antropologi.info blog, I wanted to post some continuing news and discussion, ending with what may be perceived as an outrageous proposal of my own. To start, an article published inInside Higher Ed on 13 February, 2008, […]

David Maybury-Lewis Passes On

Dear Colleagues, It is with great sadness that I must report the death of David Maybury-Lewis on December 2, 2008 2007. David Maybury-Lewis was the Edward C. Henderson Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. David was an eminent scholar of Amazonia, an enthusiastic teacher and mentor to generations of students, and an untiring advocate for indigenous […]

“It’s very easy to be an advocate…”

…which is why I suppose so very many social scientists, especially anthropologists, militate alongside those at the heart of their studies? The irony of this statement is that it was voiced by a Nigerian professor of history, made as a criticism against my presentation at a conference at Harvard University in August of 2005. Ironic, […]