Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/ An ARC blog Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Meg Stalcup Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:48:57 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-126 One reflection on this buzzword action is what I said above, that they propose "collaborative anthropology" as a remediation of former, unsavory anthropological practices. Discussions about this came to the fore in the wake of Project Camelot and the Thailand Controversy, and have remained active in applied anthropology. What is interesting is that it seems like the desired results of "collaboration" are second order observations, although of course it could be they actually want "deliverables" - some specific ways of producing or proof of rights based social change. One reflection on this buzzword action is what I said above, that they propose “collaborative anthropology” as a remediation of former, unsavory anthropological practices. Discussions about this came to the fore in the wake of Project Camelot and the Thailand Controversy, and have remained active in applied anthropology. What is interesting is that it seems like the desired results of “collaboration” are second order observations, although of course it could be they actually want “deliverables” – some specific ways of producing or proof of rights based social change.

]]> Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Mary Murrell Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:34:03 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-110 This conversation is a good example of how "collaboration" is developing an aura to which many can be attracted, and why it deserves to be an object of anthropological observation. The group funding this collaborative anthropology professorship is a human rights philanthropic organization using a "rights based approach to social change." People at Cambridge might put the money to good use--no reason to think they won't--but certainly we must see evidence here of a contemporary buzzword deserving of our reflection and not just our mirroring. This conversation is a good example of how “collaboration” is developing an aura to which many can be attracted, and why it deserves to be an object of anthropological observation. The group funding this collaborative anthropology professorship is a human rights philanthropic organization using a “rights based approach to social change.” People at Cambridge might put the money to good use–no reason to think they won’t–but certainly we must see evidence here of a contemporary buzzword deserving of our reflection and not just our mirroring.

]]> Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Karpiak Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:52:41 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-86 Should/Could it be part of our "connectivity" cluster? Should/Could it be part of our “connectivity” cluster?

]]> Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Paul Rabinow Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:31:08 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-83 Someone should write this foundation and inform them about ARC. Someone should write this foundation and inform them about ARC.

]]> Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Meg Stalcup Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:52:37 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-82 Although the endowment might have its genesis in a wish to right the wrongs of asymmetric power relations in fieldwork, the announcement is more open, I think with regard to both technique and topic. They want a model for “practice that encourages and gives due weight to interaction and critique between different cultures and systems of knowledge”, which could be PR’s fieldwork with biologists (beyond “two cultures”) or Kevin’s with French police (not denunciation). The trust (http://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org) paying for the professorship says, “It rarely funds the delivery of services, preferring instead to try to tackle the root causes of problems.” They see funding collaborative anthropology, which they hope will be a remediation of former or other ways of doing anthropology, as a way to produce social change. Presumably the social change they want to affect is not just saving the subjects of anthropological research from the discipline itself, but would come from insight into those problems anthropologists study. So they want second order observations – they think they are sufficiently useful to fund them and as Carlo points out, the question it raises for us is the role of second order observation. In some ways, asking what second order observation can do is the old anthropological question of how to ethically produce something accurate and useful for all concerned. It came up for me studying people and medicinal plants, for example. I never found anyone with a really good solution though. Although the endowment might have its genesis in a wish to right the wrongs of asymmetric power relations in fieldwork, the announcement is more open, I think with regard to both technique and topic. They want a model for “practice that encourages and gives due weight to interaction and critique between different cultures and systems of knowledge”, which could be PR’s fieldwork with biologists (beyond “two cultures”) or Kevin’s with French police (not denunciation). The trust (http://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org) paying for the professorship says, “It rarely funds the delivery of services, preferring instead to try to tackle the root causes of problems.” They see funding collaborative anthropology, which they hope will be a remediation of former or other ways of doing anthropology, as a way to produce social change. Presumably the social change they want to affect is not just saving the subjects of anthropological research from the discipline itself, but would come from insight into those problems anthropologists study. So they want second order observations – they think they are sufficiently useful to fund them and as Carlo points out, the question it raises for us is the role of second order observation. In some ways, asking what second order observation can do is the old anthropological question of how to ethically produce something accurate and useful for all concerned. It came up for me studying people and medicinal plants, for example. I never found anyone with a really good solution though.

]]> Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Carlo Caduff Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:00:10 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-81 I haven't read Humphrey's work. Also, she was just the first holder of the position. The interesting part of the description is obviously point 2. In our vocabulary, it is the vexing problem of first order and second order observation. How are they related? How can we make the distinction doing some work for us? Finally, the current holder of the position has just published a piece on multi-sited ethnography...; a concept that is certainly still worth discussing and engaging. I haven’t read Humphrey’s work. Also, she was just the first holder of the position.

The interesting part of the description is obviously point 2. In our vocabulary, it is the vexing problem of first order and second order observation. How are they related? How can we make the distinction doing some work for us?

Finally, the current holder of the position has just published a piece on multi-sited ethnography…; a concept that is certainly still worth discussing and engaging.

]]> Lowest Price Clomid - Online DrugStore http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Mary Murrell Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:38:44 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bpc/2007/02/collaborative-anthropology/#comment-79 I'm not sure retitling Caroline Humphrey from professor of Asian Anthropology to professor of Collaborative Anthropology gets us very far. If the idea is to remedy the erasures or misreprentations of the past, shouldn't they use that $2million to endow some status on those interlocutors in Nepal, India, Mongolia, Tibet and elsewhere? I’m not sure retitling Caroline Humphrey from professor of Asian Anthropology to professor of Collaborative Anthropology gets us very far. If the idea is to remedy the erasures or misreprentations of the past, shouldn’t they use that $2million to endow some status on those interlocutors in Nepal, India, Mongolia, Tibet and elsewhere?

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