It’s that time of year…

“Best of” time, I mean. Danial Lende at Neuroanthropology has proposed a “best of anthropology blogging” contest. Submit your favorite posts from the year, from any anthropology blog (including your own). Rules and suggestions are there…

Christopher Kelty does anthropological and historical research on science and technology, free and open source software, intellectual property and open access, the history of software, and the ethics and politics of nanotechnology. He also teaches classes about all of these things. From 2001 to 2008 he was assistant professor of anthropology at Rice University, in Houston, TX. He know teaches at UCLA and splits his time between the Information Studies department, the Anthropology Department and the Center for Society and Genetics.