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OAC Press Working Paper 12: Thomas Sturm on Kant's cosmopolitan point of view in history.
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Is theoretical physics becoming "softer" than anthropology?
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Ritual Murder? Questions and Answers with the Author.
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North of the Border: narcocorridos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01dvw70This BBC radio documentary explores the narcocorrido (drug smuggling ballad) as a popular genre among Mexicans in the U.S. Denselow, the journalist points to the ambivalence of the the border in the Mexican imagination. He traces the background to 1848 when the U.S. effectively annexed half of the landmass of Mexico including California. Ballads of smuggling across the border…See More

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Huon Wardle commented on Chelsea Hayman's blog post Disembeddedness as Invalidated by Gender

"You are right, I have not read the opera magna of David Granovetter; one question specifically relevant to the discussion Chelsea started, though, is whether the people who read Granovetter have bothered to read Polanyi. The thing about precision,…"

May 10

Huon Wardle commented on Chelsea Hayman's blog post Disembeddedness as Invalidated by Gender

"So, according to the paper Keith posted, the answer is that a sociologist called David Granovetter is responsible for inventing this vocabulary of embeddedness and disembeddedness. I think that is a good paper by the way because it points to how the…"

May 9

Huon Wardle commented on Chelsea Hayman's blog post Disembeddedness as Invalidated by Gender

"Chelsea, I took a quick look at the GT again and I am pretty sure Polanyi never uses either 'disembedded economy' or 'disembedded markets' in the book. I can roughly understand what is meant by these phrases - from a…"

May 8

Huon Wardle commented on Chelsea Hayman's blog post Disembeddedness as Invalidated by Gender

"Interesting arguments; I enjoyed reading these posts. Polanyi's point was that the version of economics that both liberals and marxists basically agreed on had been invented in the late 18th Century and was in effect a description of conditions…"

May 8

Huon Wardle commented on Chelsea Hayman's blog post Could Sahlins's Affluent Society thesis be used to disprove Polanyi's disembedded economy thesis?

"I think you are onto something here. A better case for you, though, would be Sahlins argument in Rich Man, Poor Man, Big Man, Chief. Sahlins argues that the Big Man is like a modern day entrepreneurial or venture capitalist - he makes that analogy…"

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Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

Points of contact between core ideas in philosophy and anthropology such as comparative cosmology and ontology and the theorisation of subjectivity.

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Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

Points of contact between core ideas in philosophy and anthropology such as comparative cosmology and ontology and the theorisation of subjectivity.

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Huon Wardle commented on Keith Hart's blog post Anthropology, society and the unconscious mind

"I think an seminar on this is a great idea, M. There is a clear link to your post on hallucinations. This is something I like about OAC, the capacity to generate agendas as, for example, how Philip's post on Henry Mayhew has helped…"

Apr 16

Huon Wardle commented on Huon Wardle's blog post Extraterritoriality and anthropological knowledge: the case of 'President' Coke and Tivoli Gardens

"Dudus' lawyer stands firm Maintains US/GOJ extradition conspiracy despite diaspora outrage BY HAROLD G BAILEY Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserve NEW York, USA — The lawyer representing convicted Tivoli Gardens strongman…"

Apr 13

Ronald Stade replied to Huon Wardle's discussion Kant, Herder and anthropology. in the group Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

"'Freedom, rationality, responsibility, accountability, on one hand, and causation, on the other: what do they have to do with human nature?' - I meant this to be a genuine question, not a rhetorical one. I'm sorry if I gave the wrong…"

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Huon Wardle replied to Huon Wardle's discussion Kant, Herder and anthropology. in the group Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

"Freedom, rationality, responsibility, accountability, on one hand, and causation, on the other: what do they have to do with human nature? I agree with your comment, Ron. Even so, I suppose, speaking for myself, I have never thought of these…"

Apr 10

Ronald Stade replied to Huon Wardle's discussion Kant, Herder and anthropology. in the group Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

"‘Nous croyons que le but dernier des sciences humaines n’est pas de constituer l’homme, mais de le dissoudre’ (Lévi-Strauss, La Pensée sauvage). Half a century later, some of us no longer share this…"

Apr 9

John McCreery replied to Huon Wardle's discussion Kant, Herder and anthropology. in the group Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

"In Allen Wood's comments, to which Huon provides the link above, Wood writes, "Kant’s anthropology and philosophy of history presuppose that although we cannot solve the transcendental problem of freedom and natural causality, we…"

Apr 4

Huon Wardle replied to Huon Wardle's discussion Kant, Herder and anthropology. in the group Philosophical Anthropology/Anthropology of Philosophy

"Here is Holly Wilson's post in case people can't there way back to the original: Dear Thomas, of course it is not either or. We do form our own character. But it is hard to have a social science of something that can…"

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Link to my academic pages and to some teaching materials and other oddments Recent writing on ethnography:. ethnographyandanethnography.pdf

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North of the Border: narcocorridos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01dvw70

This BBC radio documentary explores the narcocorrido (drug smuggling ballad) as a popular genre among Mexicans in the U.S. Denselow, the journalist points to the ambivalence of the the border in the Mexican imagination. He traces the background to 1848 when the U.S. effectively annexed half of the landmass of Mexico including California. Ballads of…

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An Anthropologist at COP17

During November PhD student Laura Obermuller witnessed events unfold at the Durban climate change talks.…

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Posted on December 22, 2011 at 5:30pm

EF Schumacher's Small is Beautiful: another look.

A few days ago I read an article in the Observer saying that Britain's right wing prime minister, David Cameron, had based one of his core ideas - 'The Big Society' - on Ernst Shumacher's book Small is Beautiful (truthfully nobody knows if the BS is an 'idea' or even what it means). The newsmedia also informs us that the government is trying to change the academic research…

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Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:00pm

Letter from St Andrews

There is a lot of snow in St Andrews today as there has been for more than a week. There is also an unusual level of commotion. The University of St Andrews is a very conservative institution. It was (arguably) established by a papal bull of the last 'Babylonian' Pope, Benedict XIII, in 1413. There is no train line to St Andrews: the town with its ruined cathedral sits on the tip of a peninsula of the Eastern Scottish coast; perched on a cliff looking out over the North Sea. The heir to the… Continue

Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Letter from Jamaica

04-11-10

Here in Kingston everyone is waiting for tropical storm Tomas, the supposedly softer gentler brother of Nicole, to blow in today and tomorrow. As I write, in the University of the West Indies library, staff are beginning to secure the computers from water damage. As if it hadn't had enough it looks like Haiti will take the brunt of the weather: people in relocation camps - tents hardly equipped for the expected deluge.

My fieldwork site covers two sides of a valley… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2010 at 5:00pm — 15 Comments

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At 4:14am on March 11, 2011, John McCreery said…: Huon, I wrote Keith last night to say that I was taking a break from OAC. I was angry at what I see as the knee-jerk negativity of your responses to my posts in the "Missing the Exemplary" thread. Apparently the ways in which we perceive the world we inhabit and the scholarship that attempts to understand it are so different that there is no possibility of productive conversation based on generous reading. That's too bad. This morning I was tempted to shorten my break by Ken Routon's post on "facts." I hope that we can reach an agreement that I will stay out of threads in which you participate if you return the favor. We both have a lot to contribute to OAC but not, at least for a while, together.

At 8:12am on November 8, 2010, Keith Hart said…: Hi Huon,

Jean Besson just announced that Barry died. Did you know?

K

At 7:06pm on October 2, 2010, lillian said…: lillian4bacon1@yahoo.com
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Here is my email address(lillian4bacon1@yahoo.com) believe we can move from here!
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At 1:21am on May 6, 2010, Philip Swift said…: Dear Huon,
Apologies for the request, which probably seemed rather peculiar. The thing is, I just wanted to ask you a question, and couldn't work out how to send it. Sorry about that. It was just a query about the OAC Press.

At 2:44pm on March 25, 2010, Michael O'Neal said…: Many thanks indeed, Huon.

At 9:25pm on January 26, 2010, Karl Reisman said…: I just saw your comments on my Fadograph Finnegans Wake page.
I'm looking for a direct email address for you -
Kern and Old Man River show up among other places
in 363.10 Heat wives rasing. They jest keeps rosing. He jumps leaps rizing.
363.11 Howlong!
363.12 You known that tom?
But could certainly be one of the songs of the woods.

JBryllars@Gmail.com

At 10:12pm on November 27, 2009, Vahe S. Boyajian said…: Thanks Huon! Just recovered my old account!

At 5:08pm on November 10, 2009, Mark Powell said…: Hi Huon,

Thanks for your greeting. I'll try my best to engage with the forum. I hope you and the family are well. Best wishes, Mark

At 4:43pm on November 10, 2009, Achirri Ishmael said…: Hi Huon,

I think "bricolage" really fits with the spirit of Levi-Strauss, with "found poems", and with the craft of writing. The idea of "bricolage" didn't occur to me, so I'm happy with your contribution! I had used "mangled" unconsciously, and I presume it's due to corruption of my language by "pirate-speak". (On another front, I've been at a loss - for a while - whether Levi has an "accent aigue" or not).

At 10:06am on October 16, 2009, Martin Walsh said…: Thanks! I recently started a new full-time job (at Oxfam GB) and so am only dipping into OAC occasionally.