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Professor Richard Antoun, murdered Fri. Dec. 4, 2009: We Will Miss You, May God Bless You

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Dec 5, 2009, 9:38 am
UPDATED: 05 Dec. 2009 – 3:19pm, 3:26pm, 3:36pm, 3:40pm, 3:50pm, 6:37pm, 10:03pm — 06 Dec. 2009 – 3:05am, 10:21am DR. RICHARD ANTOUN I am utterly distraught by the news that. Dr. Ri...
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0.171: Anthropology and the Will to Meaning: Vassos Argyrou

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Dec 4, 2009, 4:57 pm
This interlude in the series is to finally introduce the work of Dr. Vassos Argyrou (Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Hull), specifically his book, Anthropology and the Will to Meani...
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0.178: The Social Production of Science and Anthropology as Knowledge for Domination

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Nov 26, 2009, 3:31 am
The intellectual heritage of European expansion that we inherit as anthropologists – certainly not without modification and criticism – is again the subject in this series. If Immanuel Wallerstein...
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0.179: Imperialism, Americanization, and the Social Sciences

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 3:24 am
Cultural imperialism rests on the power to universalize particularisms linked to a singular historical tradition by causing them to be misrecognized as such. (Bourdieu & Wacquant, 1999, p. 41) If the...
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0.18: Anthropology and the Rise of the Social Sciences within the Structures of Knowledge – Immanuel Wallerstein

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 7:08 pm
Professional Knowledge Creation in the World-System Building an anti-imperialist “anthropology,” plus an anthropology that studies imperialism, and that studies itself as a received invention of i...
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0.185: Terms of Incorporation, Concepts of Domination

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Nov 8, 2009, 8:17 pm
Phrases such as “decolonizing anthropology”* and “anthropology and the colonial encounter” have become salient in anthropology especially since they are the titles of two of the better known, ...
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Reality Check for the Human Terrain System: Marilyn Dudley-Flores Responds

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 4:46 pm
Introduction On 26 February 2009, a report by John Stanton was published on this blog (Some Breaking News on the Human Terrain System: Death Threats Against Female Colleagues). At the time it caused s...
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Claude Lévi-Strauss: à la prochaine fois

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 8:58 pm
Almost one year ago we celebrated the remarkable 100th birthday of Claude Lévi-Strauss. Today we learn that his body has died. In the meantime, we continue to work with what he has left us, as can be...
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Anthropology on Stage, Human Terrain System on Screen

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 4:45 pm
Tonight, Friday, 30 October, a free play reading in North Hollywood will start at 8:30pm — the title of the production: ANTHROPOLOGY: Or How To Win Friends and Influence Afghans (see the circula...
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0.189: Stanley Diamond & Claude Lévi-Strauss on the Nature and Future of Anthropology

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 6:42 am
Two relatively short articles from the 1960s that I found useful, especially in connection with the previous post, provide a number of insights that exceeded the scope of that post. I want to share so...
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0.19: Questions about Colonialism and Anthropology: Epistemology, Methodology, and Politics

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 7:53 am
Two Sides of the Same Coin Anthropology might look it came to us with a dual consciousness. On one side, a consciousness influenced by ideals of science and objectivity, driven to developing a command...
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0.20: "Potentially Dangerous Implications for the Practice of Anthropology Today"

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 3:17 am
Circle the Wagons! If the “nativism” that Adam Kuper alleges was spawned by the marriage of American post-modernism and radical political engagement means that only the native can speak for the na...
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Maximilian Forte has rated ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY 10 out of 10

Maximilian Forte - Unfortunately, the truly "blatantly biased and ignorant" seem to be such perfectly accomplished dupes that they are unaware of torture at Abu Ghraib, and "shock and awe" aerial bombardment tactics in civilian areas that killed scores of civilians each time, the many killings of civilians at checkpoints, the admitted war crimes featured in Winter Soldier by returning vets, and countless other reports, let alone massacres by Blackwater mercs. As for Iraqis welcoming those atrocities, that was the stupidest and most ignorant comment imaginable: from the very start, to the present, the vast majority of Iraqis polled, and in the legislature, have consistently demanded the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces precisely because they were a threat to their security, and they were explicit about.
Oct 26, 2009, 12:29 am

Is this Taliban video of an "annihilated" U.S. base a fake?

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 7:19 pm
Over the past couple of weeks there has been much discussion online of the Taliban’s Youtube channel: Istiqlalmedia. The greatest amount of content on that site is, arguably, that generated by a...
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Afghan Vignette 7: How to Buy Peace in Afghanistan

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 1:15 am
In the course of what is now called a counterinsurgency campaign by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, we have been told a lot about using aid, latching onto civilian non-governmental organizations ...
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News from the Military-Academic Complex: McFate's PhD, HTS Contracts, Minerva Grants, Afghanistan

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 12:16 am
Here is a medley of updates concerning previous posts on this blog: Concerning Montgomery McFate’s doctoral dissertation: Montgomery McFate’s PhD dissertation (when she was Montgomery Cyb...
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Welcome to ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY: The End of the Beginning of the End

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 10:32 pm
Today this blog marks its second year of existence, with so many unanticipated outcomes that I think a post-mortem will possibly take years (or hours) of reflection and will likely not appear on this ...
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McFate: "Does good anthropology contribute to better killing?"

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 10, 2009, 11:58 pm
Anthropology, Human Terrain’s Prehistory, and the Role of Culture in Wars Waged by Robots: From “Gentle Pursuasion” to “Better Killing” David Price CounterPunch, vol. 16, no. 17, Oct. ...
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John Stanton: US Congress Rewards Failure, Puts Personnel in Harm's Way

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 10, 2009, 10:35 am
This is John Stanton’s 20th article on the Human Terrain System, with his previous ones available here at: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19. Joh...
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Afghan Vignette 6: What "Unwinnable" Looks Like (2.0)

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 4:55 pm
08/29/06 - U.S. Army Spc. David Mendez, of Alpha Company, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, scans ridgelines for possible enemy movement and rocket-propelled gr...
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This Fraud Is On You: The 2009 Afghan Elections and the U.N. Cover Up

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 1:40 am
We spent over $300 million to perpetrate a fraudulent election in Afghanistan, with the record of fraud actively covered up by the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. See: Excerpts – Galbraith’s Le...
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U.S. Congress and the Human Terrain System

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 11:28 am
To supplement the report by John Stanton, “US Congress Requests Assessment of Army‘s Human Terrain System: Independent Assessment Due from SECDEF by March 2010,” one should note the foll...
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Harper Needs Somebody to Love

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 12:51 am
I am no pundit, but I think that Michel Ignatieff is in trouble unless he can sing Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” (or more appropriate to his political vision, AC/DC’s ...
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Torture for Democracy (1): Michael Ignatieff's New Imperialism

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 12:31 am
It began as a “prank,” in the words of the Canadian Press this past 17 August 2009. An anonymous critic of Canadian Liberal leader sent a mass mailing, using a BBC address, to the parliame...
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Torture for Democracy (2): Video Post

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 12:31 am
To not clutter up the main post, Torture for Democracy (1), the relevant supporting videos are placed here. Posted in COLONIALISM/IMPERIALISM, EUROCENTRISM & UNIVERSALISM, HEGEMONY Tagged: a...
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John Stanton: U.S. Congress to Assess Human Terrain System

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 11:34 pm
This is John Stanton’s 19th article on the Human Terrain System, with his previous ones available here at: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. On...
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Permission to Copy Denied to the "Open Anthropology Cooperative" (OAC) (1.1)

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 3:27 pm
Given the arguably obscure location of the original statement, it seemed better to reserve a separate post for this so that there is less chance of missing it altogether. The following statement is no...
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Plagiarism on the "Open Anthropology Cooperative"

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 2:45 pm
Previously I have stated that plagiarism was not one of the issues that I was raising concerning the so-called “Open Anthropology Cooperative” and its disrespect for boundaries and separat...
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Afghanistan: The Unwinnable War

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 9:28 am
More U.S. troops to Afghanistan? Why the war in Afghanistan cannot be won By Hugh Gusterson | 21 September 2009 A number of commentators have remarked of late on the ominous parallels between the s...
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Obama as Opiate: Imperialism Denies Itself as Imperialism

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 4:13 pm
A very incisive article by John Pilger was brought to my attention (thanks again @rodolfob): “Power, Illusion, and America’s Last Taboo,” Dissident Voice, September 2nd, 2009. It is the ...
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(Re)Imperializing Anthropology and Decolonizing Knowledge Production

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 11:00 am
I presented the paper below, “(Re)Imperializing Anthropology and Decolonizing Knowledge Production,” at the 8th Annual Critical Race and Anti-colonial Studies Conference of Researchers and...
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Public Propaganda, The Human Terrain System, and Staged Democracy in Afghanistan

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 1:35 am
Some interesting reports have surfaced over the past three weeks concerning  initiatives with links to the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System (HTS), along with reports about control exercised ove...
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Blind Spots: Ethical Research in the Midst of Counterinsurgency

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 10:43 pm
“Rough Terrain,” an article by Vanessa Gezari in the Washington Post (30 Aug. 2009), one of the latest in a series of articles in the mainstream media devoted to the Human Terrain System p...
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This Be The Verse

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 3:11 am
This Be The Verse — by Philip Larkin They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they ...
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Putting Schools in the Line of Fire in Afghanistan

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 7:24 am
Two previous posts on this site described and analyzed the extent to which Western-built schools are made to form part of the war zone, a new front line in the US/NATO counterinsurgency campaign again...
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Beloved Discordia

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 9:43 am
Discordia Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal, 2004, 68 min 40 s On September 9, 2002, a scheduled appearance by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked heated debate at Montreal’s Co...
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Afghan Vignettes 4 & 5: How to Build Trust

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 11:48 am
VIGNETTE #4 This particular vignette came to me already made, thanks to THUS, who had the benefit of viewing a 19 August 2009 BBC Newsnight report with Kirsty Wark, that featured a film of U.S. Marin...
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Noam Chomsky: Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 6, 2009, 11:10 pm
UN Address: Dialogue on the Responsibility to Protect By Noam Chomsky ZNet un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/protect/noam.pdf August 8, 2009 The discussions about Responsibility to Protect (R2P...
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Afghan Vignette 3: Protecting Civilians, Winning Hearts and Minds

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 4, 2009, 1:29 am
Speaking of cowards and animals, not to mention “terrorists,” NATO has just delivered a mighty blow to its much vaunted claims to be “protecting civilians” and winning “h...
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Embedded With the Taliban

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 5:59 pm
From CounterPunch, 03 Sept 2009: Ron Jacobs: Embedded With the Taliban Anand Gopal is a reporter based in Kabul who has reported from all parts of Afghanistan (the following are his statements in a...
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Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 9:59 pm
Below is a presentation recently made by Andrew Wilder, Research Director for Policy Process at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, as well as a blogger at Foreign Policy’s A...
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Afghan Vignette 2: They Are Animals!

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 8:44 am
Maj. Martin O'Donnell Major Martin O’Donnell is a spokesman for NATO, a “media operations officer” in Afghanistan, who posted the following item on his Twitter page: “Onc...
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Afghan Vignette 1: Those Cowardly Taliban

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 8:03 am
There is never enough adventure in some foreign war zones. Not like in Iraq, shit, those guys were hard core. I mean, what are the chances of getting your ass blown off in a good old fashioned firefig...
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Afghanistan and the Emergence of the Taliban: Reviewed Works

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 12:26 am
A previous article on this site quoted sections of Ahmed Rashid’s TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000), a partial copy of which is...
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A More Formal Welcome to the New Blogger: M. Jamil Hanifi

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 2:29 am
While we continue to work out some technical problems with access, a more formal welcome is due to the newest blogger at Open Anthropology, M. Jamil Hanifi. You can read more about Jamil on the update...
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Misrepresentation: Prostituting "Open Anthropology" to the Military

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 8:09 am
Open to the Military For those following the current conflict between the Open Anthropology Project (OAP) and the Open Anthropology Cooperative (OAC), outlined in these three posts (1, 2, 3) and the ...
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Response: The OAC's Name

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Aug 29, 2009, 3:45 pm
Hopefully this new post will not bring to an abrupt end the discussion that continued in the comments to the last post. One of the administrators of the “Open Anthropology Cooperative” has...
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The Particulars of a Name

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Aug 27, 2009, 11:58 pm
“To understand a name you must be acquainted with the particular of which it is a name.” –Bertrand Russell (p. 182) “The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer,...
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There Can Be Only One!

Maximilian Forte posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 1:47 am
Terrible burden this is, to have to play the hero defending his good name on the battlefield. Ah but such is the life of the immortal one…and there can be only one. What’s in a name, an e...
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