American Anthropological Association
AAA's Annual Meeting is the largest single community gathering of anthropologists each year where anthropologists network, exchange ideas, and develop ways to further our profession.
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Category: "Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing"
AAA News
Professor Rosemary Joyce proposed that the AAA sponsor an online forum whereby session participants could exchange and discuss their organized topics, even if they do not take place in face-to-face meetings at the annunal meeting as originall… more »
by lorenz on Nov 4, 2004 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers
Obviously, there are more anthropological open access journals than supposed. Anthropology of Food is "a bilingual academic journal in French and English. It aims to publish results of latest research in Sociology and Anthropology of Food. This journal i… more »
by lorenz on Oct 30, 2004 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), internet
Anthropologist P. Kerim Friedman, Temple UniversityConcerns over the ethnical dilemmas involved in producing knowledge about the “other” have, in the past few decades, radically changed how anthropologists conduct research and write ethnographies. Un… more »
by lorenz on Oct 27, 2004 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, journal articles / papers
Alex Golub, who recently interviewed Marshall Sahlins on the future of academic publishing on the internet for Creative Commons (see here) , discusses alternative licencing on his own blog:
"I’m firmly convinced that alternative licensing and electron… more »
by lorenz on Oct 26, 2004 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), University / Academia
Myra Appel and Brita Servaes, Anthropology News (AAA)
Recently libraries have begun to assume another role, that of publisher, and to provide new opportunities for scholars to disseminate their research freely, inexpensively and fairly.
In response… more »
Creative Commons
Marshall Sahlins wants to make the Internet the new medium for traditional pamphleteering. Sahlins, a celebrated anthropologist at the University of Chicago and the founder of Prickly Paradigm Press, has decided to re-release the pres… more »
by lorenz on Oct 17, 2004 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), media
Maximilian C. Forte, University of Adelaide, published in Anthronews(2000)
Should anthropologists continue to behave as if Anthropology’s most important market consists of anthropologists themselves and their students? I believe that, beyond a very li… more »
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