Comments on: Neoliberalism: Good. Spy Museum: Better.

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Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:28:17 +0000

[…] UPDATE: As requested, here are links to entries on neoliberalism: Neoliberalism: Good. Spy Museum: Better (this is actually from December, so farther back than I originally mentioned) Neoliberalism: The Awakening Neoliberalism in Anthropology The Genealogy of Neoliberal Capitalism and the Slave Trade […]

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:56:51 +0000

You should start talking about Portland *after* you go there. There’s a lot of good music and food in Portland, excellent art, and entertaining neighborhoods, and all in the immediate vicinity of conference hotels. 😉

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:50:16 +0000

Well obviously not Manhattan, and OK maybe a step below San Francisco, but Portland? *Portland?* You joke. I mean Portland’s nice and all, but how many top-quality South Indian restaurants, how many El Grecos, how many jazz venues with audiences that understand what they’re hearing? You’ve got a half dozen world-class art museums within a taxi ride, and people are going to tourist kitsch like the spy museum?

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:12:26 +0000

My fiancee used to live in DC and I’ve spent a lot of time in the city (16th and Columbia represent!) visiting her. So, um… how shall I put this? It’s not _lack_ of familiarity with DC that grounds my judgment of it. The city is not without its charms but let’s face it: it’s not San Francisco (or even Portland) much less Manhatten.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:22:44 +0000

You all have to start asking about conference venues *before* you go there. There’s a lot of good music and food in DC, excellent art, and entertaining neighborhoods, but not in the immediate vicinity of conference hotels.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:08:52 +0000

I drove down to the AAA mtg for Fri & Sat. After the 2004 Atlanta disaster, DC was great! Like a little Manhattan. Visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on Sunday and was blown away by their Apollo exhibit. I think DC has more to offer than is assumed. I do hope members got a chance to explore it.

I attended two particularly interesting events–Sat. morning’s “Design Anthropology” workshop and an afternoon panel about incorporating Anthropology theory & methods into the hard sciences, which included 3 fascinating lectures by anthros that had been employed at NASA for various projects, including the recent Mars Rover mission. Although I would agree that the panels chosen for this meeting overall didn’t spark my imagination, and that’s a shame since Anthropology is so holistic.

By: antropologi.info - anthropology in the news (new)

antropologi.info - anthropology in the news (new) — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 21:13:52 +0000

AAA Annual Meeting: Are blogs a better news source than corporate media?

It’s the probably the largest meeting of anthropologists in the world, nevertheless it’s hard to find information on what has been discussed the recent days. I was about to write that I’ve found more news reports on an anthropology conference on Bo…

By: P.T.S.D.

P.T.S.D. — Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

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