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Critical Anthropology (book review)
This volume is a collection of articles published in the journal Critique of Anthropology between 1975 and 1991. Its purpose is to illustrate key trends in what is sometimes referred to as “critical...
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Hello all,This week's review turned out to have a peace, conflict & gender focus, featuring new research on local accountability, violence & disability, results-orientation in peacebuilding,...
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Development blogging, disseminating research & building your e-reputation
Last week I was invited to talk about development blogging, social media and research dissemination at an event in Manchester that the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British...
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Hello all,Welcome to the weekly development & academia link review! Lots to see & read this week: My recent presentation on development blogging and disseminating research is now available in...
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Hello all,This week's review is another ode to the joy of being part of the great development blogosphere where many colleagues and friends contribute great insights to many debates: Talesfromthehood's...
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Aidnography will be moving to Sweden!
I am very, very excited about joining Malmö University’s School of Arts and Communication as a Senior Lecturer in Communication for Development! I am joining a fantastic and truly multi-disciplinary...
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Hello all,Quite a range of interesting links (as you would expect...)! My move to Sweden and co-authored research on the development blogosphere lead right into more interesting links on American food...
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Hello all,Welcome to the final link review from Canada! We are getting ready for our move to Sweden next week and I just scheduled an interesting post for next Thursday to tie the link review over...
View ArticleMOOCs, power relations & the tacit knowledge of academic socialization
Professors in the philosophy department at San Jose State University are refusing to teach a philosophy course developed by edX, saying they do not want to enable what they see as a push to "replace...
View ArticleSocial Media and Global Development Rituals: a content analysis of blogs and...
Daniel Esser and I are very happy that our journal article on social media, development rituals and the 2010 MDG Summit was published in Third World Quarterly last week! Social Media and Global...
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Hello all,My first link review from Sweden includes two interesting events that will be happening in Scandinavia, including a conference on 'celebrities in development' next week! But there's more on...
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Missionary, Mercenary, Mystic, Misfit (#MMMM book review)
I approached J’s new book Missionary, Mercenary, Mystic, Misfit, the second humanitarian (romance) novel after Disastrous Passion (which I reviewed almost a year ago), with a bit of caution. As much as...
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Hello all,The weekly link review is still a bit off with me getting settled in in Sweden work- and life-wise. So this week's edition comes a bit late/early.This week's theme is 'Africa' with...
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Reflexive engagements: the international development blogging evolution and...
We are very happy that a long-promised journal article on development blogging is finally published in Development in Practice!Reflexive engagements: theinternational development bloggingevolution and...
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Hello all,This week's review features a 'political economy of flawed policy-making' section including insights from agricultural protection, Canadian development research, climate change knowledge,...
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Hello all!This week's link review kicks off with a section on humanitarian standards and development HR topics-from identifying decision-makers to networking and why organizations are 'people places';...
View ArticleDo we really need more new development ethnography? – a response to Ed Carr
Ed Carr asked a few days ago Should ethnographies have an expiration date? and invited me and other colleagues to comment-which I am more than happy to do. I do not disagree with Ed in principle (he...
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Hej! (as we say in Sweden)No summer vacation for aidnography and the link review! This week's emphasis is on anthropology and ethnography, starting with my response to Ed Carr. A look at the brick...
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Hello all,Even if it's probably quite warm at the moment for readers from the Northern hemisphere, interesting development links don't melt down...photos from Nairobi kick off this week's review; a new...
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Radical Approaches to Political Science (book review)
You have to be a bit of a polsci nerd to fully enjoy Radical Approaches to Political Science. Roads Less Traveled, a collection of essays by German political scientist Rainer Eisfeld. But if you choose...
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