Comments on: The Four Subjects of Anthropological Research http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kerim http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5132 Kerim Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:40:03 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5132 Julie, Don't you think anthropologists have a desire for a certain coherence which the disciple lacks? BTW <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/English/ENGL2012Klages/lacan.html" rel="nofollow">this page</a> has a nice intro to the concept of desire in Lacan. Julie,

Don’t you think anthropologists have a desire for a certain coherence which the disciple lacks?

BTW this page has a nice intro to the concept of desire in Lacan.

]]> By: Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Petite Fours http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5081 Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Petite Fours Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:09:28 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5081 [...] The four subjects of anthropological research. [...] [...] The four subjects of anthropological research. [...]

]]> By: AmericaninFrance http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5047 AmericaninFrance Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:00:30 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5047 Less and less these days, Kerim. But seriously, what does desire-as-lack have to do with the "constitution of anthropology as a discipline"? Less and less these days, Kerim. But seriously, what does desire-as-lack have to do with the “constitution of anthropology as a discipline”?

]]> By: Pimpgnosis » The four subjects of sociological inquiry http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5031 Pimpgnosis » The four subjects of sociological inquiry Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:43:31 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5031 [...] Gepost door RBL op 11/04/2006 om 11:28 Toegevoegd onder: Academia So, as I was procrastinating today, I happened to look at a blog to which my friend Rex contributes.  There I discovered a fun little meme, “the four subjects of X” as in the four subjects of poetry, the four subjects of linquistic analysis, and the four subjects of anthropological research. [...] [...] Gepost door RBL op 11/04/2006 om 11:28 Toegevoegd onder: Academia So, as I was procrastinating today, I happened to look at a blog to which my friend Rex contributes.  There I discovered a fun little meme, “the four subjects of X” as in the four subjects of poetry, the four subjects of linquistic analysis, and the four subjects of anthropological research. [...]

]]> By: Buffalo Wings & Toasted Ravioli » The Four Subjects of Law Library Research http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5004 Buffalo Wings & Toasted Ravioli » The Four Subjects of Law Library Research Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:22:52 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5004 [...] Which led in turn to Kerim's four subjects of anthropological research: [...] [...] Which led in turn to Kerim's four subjects of anthropological research: [...]

]]> By: Kerim http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5003 Kerim Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:12:34 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5003 Nobody in France reads Lacan? Nobody in France reads Lacan?

]]> By: Tim http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-5000 Tim Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:13:39 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-5000 Sorry guys, I just had to do this: The four subjects of Savage Minds posts. 1) More evidence why we aren’t Anthroweb 2.0 yet. Still waiting for the day everything is tagged and free. 2) An economist/geographer/other has written a book. The argument rediscovers the authors own assumptions, reinforcing Western hegemony and unintentionally justifying it. No, I haven’t read the book. 3) As a young academic I find myself teaching all of the courses. Can someone suggest a useful short article? Perhaps by Rodney Needham. 4) [more rarely] An archaeologist/geneticist/linguist has discovered something. I feel I should have something to say about it. Any ideas? Now, someone really needs to write the four subjects of serial blog comments writers. Sorry guys, I just had to do this:

The four subjects of Savage Minds posts.

1) More evidence why we aren’t Anthroweb 2.0 yet. Still waiting for the day everything is tagged and free.

2) An economist/geographer/other has written a book. The argument rediscovers the authors own assumptions, reinforcing Western hegemony and unintentionally justifying it. No, I haven’t read the book.

3) As a young academic I find myself teaching all of the courses. Can someone suggest a useful short article? Perhaps by Rodney Needham.

4) [more rarely] An archaeologist/geneticist/linguist has discovered something. I feel I should have something to say about it. Any ideas?

Now, someone really needs to write the four subjects of serial blog comments writers.

]]> By: AmericaninFrance http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-4996 AmericaninFrance Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:50:09 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-4996 I'm thinking about my list, which may or may not focus on French anthropology... In the meantime, can someone explain what they mean by desire-as-lack (which, apparently, may "consitute anthropology as a discipline")? That hasn't made it over to this side of the Atlantic yet, I didn't come across it in undergrad, or I've been sitting under a structuralist rock. I’m thinking about my list, which may or may not focus on French anthropology…

In the meantime, can someone explain what they mean by desire-as-lack (which, apparently, may “consitute anthropology as a discipline”)? That hasn’t made it over to this side of the Atlantic yet, I didn’t come across it in undergrad, or I’ve been sitting under a structuralist rock.

]]> By: ckelty http://savageminds.org/2006/04/10/the-four-subjects-of-anthropological-research/comment-page-1/#comment-4983 ckelty Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:13:26 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=447#comment-4983 haha. The science studies sub-list: 1. Facts are actually painstakingly created through hard work, and are not found in nature and that makes scientists feel kind of, you know, anxious. 2. These people are really really smart, but look! their tools and microbes have <em>agency</em> too! 3. Artifacts a) have politics or b) have other politics. 4. The more technical things are, the more social they seem, and vice versa, and in any case there are millions of people at every level doing complicated things all the time. haha. The science studies sub-list:

1. Facts are actually painstakingly created through hard work, and are not found in nature and that makes scientists feel kind of, you know, anxious.
2. These people are really really smart, but look! their tools and microbes have agency too!
3. Artifacts a) have politics or b) have other politics.
4. The more technical things are, the more social they seem, and vice versa, and in any case there are millions of people at every level doing complicated things all the time.

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