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JASON ANTROSIO’s 1st response to the Anthropology-Haters

24 Tuesday Feb 2015

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Jason Antrosio, author of the Living Anthropologically blog, wrote a great response to the flurry of neo-liberal detractors who began declaring anthropology as a poor option for university students. As Jason points out: Anthropology may be the worst major if you want to become a corporate tool, but it is the best course of study if you want to help change the world for the better.  Take a read. Even though written in 2012, it’s still very relevant. Then stroll over to  Paul Stoller’s discussion of anthropology as a university major and critique of the rankings systems that think universities can be compared just like blenders. After that, I recommend reading Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s “Engaging Anthropology: The Case for a Public Presence” (Berg 2006/Bloomsbury 2012).

But begin with Antrosio’s bow shot across the neo-liberal ship of ‘education as merely pay-cheque preparation’.

http://www.livinganthropologically.com/2012/08/21/anthropology-is-the-worst/

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