Robert Thornton
  • 63, Male
  • Johannesburg, Gauteng
  • South Africa
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Robert Thornton replied to John McCreery's discussion Why are anthropologists such solitary creatures?
"Because teams get in the way of truly creative thinking. Can anyone imagine Karl Marx writing Das Kapital in a 'collective'? The collective or communal was his fantasy, his wet dream, but not his reality. He was a creative writer -- really…"
Jul 3, 2009
Robert Thornton replied to John Postill's discussion OAC Seminar Series
"How would an online seminar work? I would think that 'papers' should be limited to a few pages at most, or even creatively non- or partially textual, such as, for instance, diagrams, drawings, photos, a text integrated in some (probably…"
Jun 11, 2009
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Jun 11, 2009
Robert Thornton joined Judith Beyer's group
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Jun 11, 2009
Robert Thornton replied to Keith Hart's discussion Continuation of OAC Forum
"Yikes. This stuff really takes off, doesn't it. Does that mean we are all lonely as we sit at our keyboards? Or not. (the anthropological question: What is 'lonely'? and 'loneliness'? The scare quotes automatically…"
May 29, 2009
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"Oh yes, the blood is from cracking my head on the roof of the tunnel. I wrapped my head in my sweatshirt after that to stop the blood so that I could continue. it worked."
May 28, 2009
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"Yes. I'm trying. I liked the Harrison Ford/Indiana Jones effect of this one. My family's comment was that I had 'returned to type', that is, the Cornish miner. Both great grandfathrs (MoFaFaFa & FaFaFa) were killed in mines,…"
May 28, 2009
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May 28, 2009
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"Hi Robert, You need to get this one the right way up, so we can appreciate the gore better. K"
May 28, 2009
Robert Thornton is now a member of Open Anthropology Cooperative
May 28, 2009

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