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The privilege of moving past

The past weekend brought a flurry of activity in the science blogging community, much of it having to do with the assumption of power and authority (and their abuse) associated with gendered roles. To recap, an editor at biology-online.org made … Continue reading

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Got Anthropology?

Ever find yourself wishing you could read more Anthropology? Wishing there were more places to hear from anthropologists about what they do? If so, Jason Antrosio has put together a truly impressive list of current Anthropology blogs. Check out the … Continue reading

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One-year blogiversary

A year ago today I went live with the blog, putting up a post titled, “What is wrong with Anthropology,” written in response to Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s calling out of the field: This blog is in some ways my … Continue reading

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The virtues of academic blogging

Martin Weller, writing in the Chronicle on, “The Virtues of Blogging as Scholarly Activity”: In terms of intellectual fulfillment, creativity, networking, impact, productivity, and overall benefit to my scholarly life, blogging wins hands down. I have written books, produced online … Continue reading

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Blogging for the public

This went over the wires during my writing hiatus of the past two months, but Kristina Kilgrove had a piece at her wonderful blog, Powered by Osteons, on blogging as academic public outreach. Her thoughts are not unlike my own … Continue reading

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