another anthro blog

“If you build it, the words will come.”

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1. Introduction
   1. a tale of entry – “what is anthropology?”
2. Anthropology – Arguments for change.
   1. open the social sciences
   2. when they read what we write
   3. engaging anthropology
      
3. Ethnography and the Internet.
   1. virtual methods
   2. Body and Soul
      
   3. ethnography as commentary
   4. public conversations
4. Out in the “Open”
   1. Making Research Accessible
      1. Open Access Publishing
         1. self-archiving
         2. Open Access journals
      2. Prestige and Publishing
         1. accessibility and visibility online require web smarts, not prestige in the discipline.
         2. Distribution of open access journals – Max’s post commenting on anthropology and DOAJ
      3. Accessible to who?
         1. intelligence gathering, data mining
         2. ethics of sharing knowledge
            1. Mukurtu Archive – Kimberly Christen
   2. Identity, anthropology, and the blog (professionalism, discipline, responsibility)
      1. How does Google see you?
      2. How do you want Google to see you?
         1. “Why, how much, and what do you share?”
            1. professional / personal
   3. New audiences, new participants, new ways of speaking
      1. Writing for who? is it still anthropology?
         1. “This isn’t an anthropology blog!” – what is an anthropology blog?
         2. research blogs
         3. writing for anthropologists, but differently?
         4. writing for other audiences
            1. The Youtube Audience – Wesch meet Ruby
      2. Reader interaction
      3. Anonymity
      4. “the door is open, and look who the !@# walked in” – anthro + military, aka leaving the door open for who?
   4. Online Collaboration
      1. with other anthropologists
         1. student -> student
         2. others interested in anthropology
         3. specialization in anthropology -> competing directions within the discipline
5. Anthropology in Public vs Public Anthropology.