Oh the places you’ll go…

Way back in 2001, when blogging was a new thing, and I was crawling around the web to figure out if there were any other anthropologists using this new medium, one man stood out. Oneman actually, or as he is known around here: Dustin. Dustin hasn’t been blogging much lately, but I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his latest career move. When people ask about graduate school in anthropology I usually tell them that while you might not get an academic job, anthropologists usually find interesting work outside of academia.

Well, I’m happy to announce that Dustin has just been appointed the Executive Director of The Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV. It may seem a bit of a jump from editing a volume on Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War to running a museum of burlesque, but in between he’s been working at the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum.

Dustin has written some of our most popular posts on issues of gender and body image. Since he still seems to pop up for about one post a year here on Savage Minds, maybe one day he’ll find the time to write about the anthropology of the burlesque…

Congrats Dustin!

3 thoughts on “Oh the places you’ll go…

  1. Thanks so much, Kerim! I’ve fallen behind on my post-a-year quota this year, so I definitely want to get back on track for 2012. Heck, maybe I’ll go hog-wild and write TWO! I still teach anthro and women’s studies, when I can pick up a class — this last year has been difficult since I’ve been working essentially two full-time jobs, but now that I’m down to just one (somewhat more than) full-time position, I hope I can teach AND blog again. Certainly there’s a lot of anthropological interest in the burlesque world — and in the museum world as well! I remain, however, strictly opposed to the use of burlesque dancers as spies!

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