Coronavirus & Academia
Academia should be at the forefront of imagining more radical possibilities for going beyond our current coronavirus crisis.
planning
Farmers & Foodies of the Future (FFF)
Sustainable production of food will in the future require more of us to be involved in the process. The world is going to need a lot more farmers & food makers.
What should you do?
We seem to be living through a process of declining US hegemony. However, if the United States collapses as an event rather than a process, what’s the plan?
What if people stop funding the US?
The United States is running nearly one trillion dollar annual deficits, piling onto a mountain of existing debt. What happens if people stop funding the U.S.?
Collapse and/or Authoritarianism
The US Executive & Legislative branches are non-functioning institutions. Even scarier, they risk authoritarian takeover in a political or economic crisis.
When will the US Stock Market Collapse?
The first indicator we could be headed for a collapse in the United States may be a US stock market collapse. Translating from CNBC, it does look dire.
Hackonomy
Bonin Bough’s lecture at Hartwick College on “Hackonomy” paralleled themes in Introduction to Anthropology and Cultural Ecology.
Blocking Trump
In 2016, the Electoral College should have stopped Trump from becoming president. In 2019, blocking Trump depends on impeachment.
Is the State Relevant?
Globalization was supposed to render the national state irrelevant. Such claims had already been disproved by an anthropology of the state.
Irony, Paradox, Uncertainty
Pairing “Advertising Missionaries” with “A Fragmented Globality” to ask “What, if anything, is truly new about our times?” (Trouillot 2003:47)
Anthropology Is Your Ally
An impassioned plea to lower the arrogance decibels. In the wake of Steven Pinker’s “Science Is Not Your Enemy” assessing humanities & science together.
Anthropology: Best Major to Change Your Life
Check out an Anthropology Major! It’s the worst college major for instant pay, but best major to change your life. And Anthropology can change the world.
Walmart Socialism
On using the informational-distributional capacities of Walmart to enact a sensible and sustainable future, Walmart Socialism and Utopia.
Toward a Public & Green Economy
We need public borrowing and job creation for a green economy. Expropriate Goldman-Sachs to bypass political impasse via public ownership.
Rural Solutions
Hartwick College’s symposium on “Rural Solutions: Economic Development on a Human Scale.” Keynote with Michael Shuman, author of Local Dollars, Local Sense.
Beyond Capitalism
Boone Shear and Brian Burke organized a special track for alternative political ecologies for 2012 Applied Anthropology, seeking to go Beyond Capitalism.
Four Field Manifesto
Anthropology’s Moral Optimism: Four Field Manifesto & alternative visions of humanity. Capitalism is not the most beautiful or respectful of shared planet.
Anthropology & Occupy Wall Street
In October 2011, the anthropological blogosphere coalesced around supporting Occupy Wall Street. But why is there not a similar movement in 2019?
Government Planning & Anthropology
Anthropology should stand against the ideologues insisting government planning is inherently flawed.