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The other side of the OAC
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The OAC should not just be about academic debate, it should also be about finding friends and building a network. One of the ways to do this is to search for a "town/ country" or…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Findlay Sep 5, 2010.
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Nathan Dobson replied to Nathan Dobson's discussion Anthropology of finance in the group Economic anthropologyNathan Dobson replied to Nathan Dobson's discussion Anthropology of finance in the group Economic anthropology"Why do people read the Sunday Times? Stories about rich and glamorous people are interesting. Same thing with studies of finance. Nobody is going to read an ethnography about working in an office in Slough (unless it's done in such a tragic way…"
Nathan Dobson replied to Keith Hart's discussion The story of the crash (and what to do about it) in the group Economic anthropology""The Ethiopians" 'intimating' the crash in 1968?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZqVUblgWxY
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Nathan Dobson replied to Justin Shaffner's discussion New OAC Online Seminar: John Conroy Intimations of the 'informal economy', 16th April to 28th April"Thanks John for a great paper and discussion and thanks to Justin for chairing and for bringing to mind the following reply/post/response.
I wanted to pick up on the idea of the "foregrounding" of the negative. In a response to a…"
Nathan Dobson commented on Nathan Dobson's blog post Things I didn't know about applying to (post) graduate courses."I'm not sure I can answer your first question but I would think there's a way to frame your questions so they don't seem too forward.
I think it would be fine to put your proposal on the OAC. I'm sure you would receive at…"
T Paul Cox commented on Nathan Dobson's blog post Things I didn't know about applying to (post) graduate courses."Thank you, this is great. I'm literally sending off a PhD application on Monday (albeit to a German university) so I'm desperate for advice at the moment, and you have some valuable insights.
I have a question about 3c: Talk to everyone…"
Nathan Dobson's blog post was featuredThings I didn't know about applying to (post) graduate courses.
The following is meant as a guide with a few extras on applying to Universities in the USA and France. I started from knowing nothing about the process and could have done with something like this about two years ago. Any comments or criticisms are welcome.1. It takes timea) My brother says that applying to jobs is a full time job, I would say that applying to Universities is just as consuming. Obviously the more Universities you apply to, the longer it all takes, but the point to get across…See More
Nathan Dobson posted a blog postThings I didn't know about applying to (post) graduate courses.
The following is meant as a guide with a few extras on applying to Universities in the USA and France. I started from knowing nothing about the process and could have done with something like this about two years ago. Any comments or criticisms are welcome.1. It takes timea) My brother says that applying to jobs is a full time job, I would say that applying to Universities is just as consuming. Obviously the more Universities you apply to, the longer it all takes, but the point to get across…See More
Nathan Dobson replied to Nathan Dobson's discussion Fungible money in the group Economic anthropology"I don't know whether I started to try to fit the idea that we split money and assign it places to what I was seeing but either way I feel it very strongly now when I think about lower league British football. Scratch the surface and you reveal…"
Nathan Dobson replied to Nathan Dobson's discussion The pink pound in the group Economic anthropology"Another reason that Brighton developed aside from the railway was the fact that it offered people from London the chance to have a dip in the sea to cure their urban ills.
When fishing families realised that they could make a few bob from these…"
Nathan Dobson commented on Chelsea Hayman's blog post Drug Consumption, Psychiatry, and Social Memory"I particularly like this question in the second to last paragraph: "What makes them so salient culturally and in the field of medicine?" - There must be more drugs that seem to grow on us, that do the job better. A new set of packaging.…"
Nathan Dobson replied to Keith Hart's discussion The story of the crash (and what to do about it) in the group Economic anthropology"Slightly off the topic of the crisis but along the same lines of fiction and finance, Gordon L. Clark's article "Money Flows like Mercury" (Geografiska Annaler. 87:2) raises some interesting points.
Page 105 -…"
"I have uploaded the article in French. I only have an offprint of the Theory and Society version. I hope this doesn't swamp the hook in this thread, but I found I had written extensive comments on it to PS:
I suspect that we agree there is…"
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Fungible money
I'm not sure how, but the first time I found Philippe Steiner's article "Who is right about the modern economy: Polanyi, Zelizer, or both?" it was available for free online. If you're interested enough you might be able to find it for free again.In the article he mentions Jerome Blanc who writes about the fungibility of money and this is…See More
Nathan Dobson replied to Julia Panther's discussion alternative currencies in the group Economic anthropology"From the Lyon conference on CCs in Feb 2011.
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la publication de la synthèse de la journée internationale "Faire mouvement/Acteurs des monnaies sociales et…"
Nathan Dobson replied to Keith Hart's discussion The human economy in a revolutionary moment in the group The Human Economy"Thanks for posting this Keith.
Only one mention of "home" (economics) - albeit a good one in the following paragraph:
"The human economy is conceived of as mediating between two paired antinomies – state and market, home and…"
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Things I didn't know about applying to (post) graduate courses.
The following is meant as a guide with a few extras on applying to Universities in the USA and France. I started from knowing nothing about the process and could have done with something like this about two years ago. Any comments or criticisms are welcome.
1. It takes time
a) My brother says that applying to jobs is a full time job, I would say that applying to Universities is just as consuming. Obviously the more Universities you apply to, the longer it all…
ContinuePosted on April 19, 2012 at 8:59pm — 2 Comments
Anthropological research and journalism
I have recently re-joined the world of academia after spending three years as a journalist. As a result I have been weighing up the pros and cons of each and I would be interested to hear anyone else’s thoughts. Below are a few ideas about some of the ways the internet has changed journalism.
The best-seller in journalism has always been the base product, the “facts”. The biggest news agencies, like AFP, Reuters, and AP, sell what they call “pure news” or “just the facts”. Facts come… Continue
The best-seller in journalism has always been the base product, the “facts”. The biggest news agencies, like AFP, Reuters, and AP, sell what they call “pure news” or “just the facts”. Facts come… Continue
Posted on October 8, 2010 at 6:09pm — 4 Comments
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