ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

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

The Pentagon’s Culture Wars: An Article in NATURE for Oct. 2008

Sharon Weinberger’s article in Nature is behind a pay wall. I will provide some extracts and summaries below. The title of the article is “Military Research: The Pentagon’s Culture Wars” and was published online in Nature News on October 1, 2008 (complete details can be found on the Bibliography page). ••••••• Weinberger’s article, like so […]

Suspect Media: Making Propaganda for the Human Terrain System (2.2)

Why do I say suspect media? We know by now that The New York Times published completely false accounts that legitimized claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction leading up to the 2003 invasion. We see how CNN anchors, even now, continue to provide moments of careless speech when rushing out the words, “Iran’s […]