Kathryn Papp
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Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"on a lighter note ... brains and politics.  a study sponsored by Colin Firth, the British actor:   http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2011/06/05/actor-colin-firth-sponsors-brain-research-on-politicans-credited-as-author/"
Jun 6, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"also to ask how it can be done ... activism divides itself in many ways.  complementary groups need to be formed: a method scientists use for discovery. Anthropology is making its way into business, certainly into development organizations.…"
Jun 2, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"Joshua - there are a couple of excellent Canadian organizations that can help you: University Manitoba - see Fikret Berkes and his work IDRC has regular information on this. The Canadians have led in developing "co-management" theory and…"
Jun 1, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"I'm working on an article that draws comparisons between Wall Street traders' and indigenous peoples' management methods.  In the course of that I've found many instances of local people pushing back on outside incursions…"
Jun 1, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"Carlos,  You are brilliant!   Yes, that is just it.  The Double Movement.  Now is the time to "talk about it" .  Global organizations are in a state of transition and even large financial organizations are…"
May 30, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"I'm doing a comparison of indigenous watershed management systems and financial trading systems - they have much in common. But what is interesting is finding that the long intact and efficient Bali water/ag/pest system has scale limits -…"
May 24, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"Local self-sufficiency... Elinor Ostrom ... take a look at this paper, it is well-thoughtout.  Even a senior rep from the EU-environmental policy thinks it is a transportable model! STATE-OF-SW-FOODSHEDS.pdf"
May 13, 2011
david seddon replied to Kathryn Papp's discussion HUMANS: an online magzine featuring ANIMALS in the group Engaging Anthropology in Practice
"another thought to add to the pot is that it would be good to try to assemble more information on how specific human groups view each other - I am reminded of the phrase used by the old North American Indian  played by Dustn Hoffman in the film…"
May 12, 2011
Kathryn Papp replied to Kathryn Papp's discussion HUMANS: an online magzine featuring ANIMALS in the group Engaging Anthropology in Practice
"Thanks, David.   WHAT ABOUT OTHER GROUP MEMBERS --- ARE YOU THERE??????   cheerio Kathryn"
May 11, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"Julia - no I don't think it would improve management of natural resources, mostly because I think it is already being done by indigenous people's own systems, which assign different names to the various properties but achieve similar…"
May 11, 2011
david seddon replied to Kathryn Papp's discussion HUMANS: an online magzine featuring ANIMALS in the group Engaging Anthropology in Practice
"This is excellent - I have long been concerned with the efforts of human scientists to distance themselves from the rest of creation, with ever greater difficulty. It requires as you say a Cpernicam revolution, to escape from our species centric…"
May 10, 2011
Kathryn Papp added a discussion to the group Engaging Anthropology in Practice
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HUMANS: an online magzine featuring ANIMALS

Hello all, For a while now I've been thinking about how we remix the animal kingdom and move humans out of the center and into a more fibrous, star-like vision.  Sort of jumping beyond what Copernicus did for the solar system and creating a whole new look.  What do you think?  This would carry anthropology to lots of new places while combining with other fields ... I'm still working on the concept paper, but here are the basics: ""As an organism, Humans cannot yet be considered highly…See More
May 10, 2011
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Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"oops ... forgot the article.  Here it is:   http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/on-the-floor-laughing-traders-are-having-a-new-kind-of-fun/238570/2/"
May 10, 2011
Kathryn Papp commented on Keith Hart's group Economic anthropology
"Financial trading: a complex biological system?   See how "nutritional points" are determined by researching nomadic peoples! How can the wealth of data from carefully observed and recorded social systems find a new place in this…"
May 10, 2011
Phil Henshaw replied to Kathryn Papp's discussion Complexity Economics and the True Reality? in the group Economic anthropology
"I think it's a matter of communication, and the problem that the listener reading their own questions into whatever they hear, making it quite hard for useful knowledge to spread from culture to culture, or level to level, or group to group.…"
Apr 24, 2011
John McCreery replied to Kathryn Papp's discussion Complexity Economics and the True Reality? in the group Economic anthropology
"Absolutely true. The unfortunate thing is that as long as back seat drivers stay in the back seat, they have no actual control over outcomes."
Apr 24, 2011

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At 7:12pm on March 22, 2011, Paul Wren said…
Kathryn,

Welcome to the OAC!

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