Comments on: Some thoughts as my additions to ethnography.com wind down http://www.ethnography.com/2008/07/some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas A group blog on a wide variety of topics realted to anthropology Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave K http://www.ethnography.com/2008/07/some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Dave K Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:22:47 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/?p=227#comment-400 Make sure you collect good network data (and keep safe, of course). Make sure you collect good network data (and keep safe, of course).

]]> By: Steve Portigal http://www.ethnography.com/2008/07/some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Steve Portigal Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:16:32 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/?p=227#comment-393 Mark - I admire the philosophy you bring to your decisions, or at least the way you frame it for us. That tension between confident and confused, tentative and determined - that's one mark of a good consultant, good ethnographer, a good person, even. It's hard to imagine a sequence of events that would lead me to be on your pathway, but says absolutely nothing about the rightness of your path for you. And I think you've articulated that aspect of things mos' awesomely! Mark – I admire the philosophy you bring to your decisions, or at least the way you frame it for us. That tension between confident and confused, tentative and determined – that’s one mark of a good consultant, good ethnographer, a good person, even.

It’s hard to imagine a sequence of events that would lead me to be on your pathway, but says absolutely nothing about the rightness of your path for you. And I think you’ve articulated that aspect of things mos’ awesomely!

]]> By: Dee http://www.ethnography.com/2008/07/some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Dee Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:14:16 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/?p=227#comment-380 I totally agree with Tony -- the personal records that you keep will be invaluable for anthropologists trying to understand the fraught relationship between anthropology and the military. I'm looking forward to reading it too on day! I totally agree with Tony — the personal records that you keep will be invaluable for anthropologists trying to understand the fraught relationship between anthropology and the military. I’m looking forward to reading it too on day!

]]> By: Tony http://www.ethnography.com/2008/07/some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Tony Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:58:41 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/?p=227#comment-379 There is a place for peer reviewed materials, and a place for edited materials. Continue to think about what you are doing (including the moral implications), and as the others say, stay safe. And maybe most importantly for anthropology, keep a diary. Your reflections and thoughts about what happens in Iraq are important for how anthropologists will think about military activity. I look forward to reading your diary someday in print! There is a place for peer reviewed materials, and a place for edited materials. Continue to think about what you are doing (including the moral implications), and as the others say, stay safe. And maybe most importantly for anthropology, keep a diary. Your reflections and thoughts about what happens in Iraq are important for how anthropologists will think about military activity. I look forward to reading your diary someday in print!

]]> By: Dee http://www.ethnography.com/2008/07/some-thoughts-as-i-head-overseas/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Dee Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:15:57 +0000 http://www.ethnography.com/?p=227#comment-378 Be safe, Mark! Thanks for the excellent post -- it's nice to see someone writing intelligently about HTS from an insider perspective...there's far too little of this in the blogosphere, I'm afraid. Dee Be safe, Mark! Thanks for the excellent post — it’s nice to see someone writing intelligently about HTS from an insider perspective…there’s far too little of this in the blogosphere, I’m afraid.

Dee

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