Comments on: Well, at least the AAA meeting gave me some perspective http://www.ethnography.com/2007/12/well-at-least-the-aaa-meeting-gave-me-some-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=well-at-least-the-aaa-meeting-gave-me-some-perspective A group blog on a wide variety of topics realted to anthropology Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:46:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony Waters http://www.ethnography.com/2007/12/well-at-least-the-aaa-meeting-gave-me-some-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Tony Waters Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:18:07 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/12/well-at-least-the-aaa-meeting-gave-me-some-perspective/#comment-143 1. There was also a AAA ad hoc committee report issued in late November on anthropological engagement with the military. It is described in the Chronicle of Higher Education at http://chronicle.com/news/article/?id=3512 and the report itself is on the AAA website and is 62 pages long. There were practitioners working with the military on the ad hoc committee, as well. The ad hoc committee report takes a much more nuanced view of the issues involved than does the resolution which was approved at the AAA Business Meeting on a voice vote. 1.

There was also a AAA ad hoc committee report issued in late November on anthropological engagement with the military. It is described in the Chronicle of Higher Education at http://chronicle.com/news/article/?id=3512 and the report itself is on the AAA website and is 62 pages long.

There were practitioners working with the military on the ad hoc committee, as well.
The ad hoc committee report takes a much more nuanced view of the issues involved than does the resolution which was approved at the AAA Business Meeting on a voice vote.

]]> By: Tony http://www.ethnography.com/2007/12/well-at-least-the-aaa-meeting-gave-me-some-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Tony Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:49:21 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/2007/12/well-at-least-the-aaa-meeting-gave-me-some-perspective/#comment-140 Judging form the Chronicle article on the voice vote at AAA, the approval of the resolution sounded quite enthusiastic. But the AAA committee charge with examining the issue of anthropology's engagement with the military was much less intemperate. See http://chronicle.com/news/article/?id=3512. This article refers to a report also issued last week by a committee which included both academics and practitioners. They also seemed much more in tune with the nuances of working with the military than the general voice vote at the meeting. The report itself is at http://www.aaanet.org/PM_112807.htm Judging form the Chronicle article on the voice vote at AAA, the approval of the resolution sounded quite enthusiastic. But the AAA committee charge with examining the issue of anthropology’s engagement with the military was much less intemperate. See http://chronicle.com/news/article/?id=3512. This article refers to a report also issued last week by a committee which included both academics and practitioners. They also seemed much more in tune with the nuances of working with the military than the general voice vote at the meeting. The report itself is at http://www.aaanet.org/PM_112807.htm

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