Kuwimb’s Letter to the New Yorker
This got mentioned in Rhonda Shearer’s comments on Rex’s post, but I felt it warranted its own post: Mako John Kuwimb, a lecturer in law and a PhD candidate at Australia’s James Cook University, who is one of the people responsible for the lawsuit against The New Yorker and Jared Diamond, wrote a long letter attacking Diamond’s article paragraph by paragraph. It is a fascinating document and worth reading in full. I’ve posted it to Google Docs and you can read it here. UPDATE: Use the Scribd link instead.
P. Kerim Friedman is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures at National Dong Hwa University, in Taiwan, where he teaches linguistic and visual anthropology. He is co-director of the film Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!, winner of the 2011 Jean Rouch Award from the Society of Visual Anthropology. Follow Kerim on Twitter.
Kerim – I got this message:
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I’ve also uploaded a copy to Scribd, see update.
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Same here, nothing at Google Docs, but thanks can see it at Scribd.
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Man, why did Diamond write this article? I mean, I haven’t been following the deepest details of all this – maybe the arguments are inaccurate, maybe the severity is overstated, I don’t know. But what on earth was in it for him? The cost-benefit or risk analysis is so unclear…
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