I’m an anthropologist, sometimes I occupy things & such.

I see anarchism as something you do not an identity...

...so don’t call me the anarchist anthropologist

Twitter was David’s public platform and tools for practicing a new language – clear and understandable for everyone, it was a space where he made friends and enemies.

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Sat 25 Jan 2014 01:21

I’m really fond of e. e. cummings’ poetry but am horrified to discover he ended up right wing

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Sat 25 Jan 2014 00:29

incidentally, for the record, I really genuinely have no idea who the @Proctontologist actually is

Tue 21 Jan 2014 21:51

aslo, I think this shows, a very good philosopher. Most can’t so easily reconcile theory & practice!

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Tue 21 Jan 2014 21:50

I wondered how can Bhaskar be so philosophical about his illness, debts, poverty… Then realized: oh right. He’s a philosopher.

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Tue 21 Jan 2014 21:48

Roy Bhaskar is so nice. I asked how he can be so jolly despite his medical problems. Said: “I’m just so happy I get to see friends like you”

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Tue 21 Jan 2014 15:58

Gandhi insisted that if you can resist non-violently, it’s always better, but violent resistance is still better than none at all

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Tue 21 Jan 2014 15:58

Gandhi repeatedly stated that if your community is being attacked by cops, resisting violently is morally superior to just running away

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Tue 21 Jan 2014 15:57

every time I read another idiot appealing to Gandhi to blame “anarchists” for “violence” in OWS I just scream: Gandhi didn’t oppose violence

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Sun 19 Jan 2014 20:31

I think it is deeply wrong that Helsinki has so many statues of naked people on the streets. It just makes you feel so much colder.

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Fri 17 Jan 2014 18:52

Someone just found this – it’s my dad’s photo ID from the International Brigades #kennethgraeber http://t.co/dnf6T71xY0

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Fri 17 Jan 2014 01:03

for example, which social anthropologists here in the UK are self-proclaimed Tories? Which in the US are out-of-the-closet Republicans?

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Fri 17 Jan 2014 01:02

I might write a piece right-wing anthropology. Contemporary, not the obvious colonial or ’50s CIA kind. We only pretend we’re all lefties

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Sat 11 Jan 2014 15:19

Is it me or do I detect a trace of shame in SWP members holding up newspapers during Duggan vigil?

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Sat 11 Jan 2014 13:44

I have just finished a draft of my #anthroknots paper – “Anthro and the Rise of the Professional-Managerial class”

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Wed 1 Jan 2014 01:43

So I just finished Franz Steiner’s dissertation on the comparative sociology of slavery. It wasn’t really lost after all.

Thu 19 Dec 2013 23:18

They just screened Nosferatu on the wall to send me off to Montreal. I identified with all the characters simultaneously. That’s bad.

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Thu 19 Dec 2013 11:43

Anyone in UK know of studies of how much higher ed would save if it eliminated all internal audits, assessments, & related staff?

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Wed 18 Dec 2013 12:21

Chile’s stated policy now is to be moving toward free higher education. Anyone know other countries that;ve make similar pledges?

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Mon 16 Dec 2013 19:07

If the press think it isn’t news, then they are saying torturing people for engaging in free democratic expression is normal & acceptable.

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Mon 16 Dec 2013 19:06

I’ll believe the US is a democracy when systematic police breaking of protestors thumbs & wrists is considered newsworthy.

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Mon 16 Dec 2013 18:26

intentional breaking of wrists & thumbs was a systematic tactic used by NYPD vs peaceful protestors. NYC lis a police state.

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Mon 16 Dec 2013 18:23

now proven in court: NYPD broke classical pianist’s thumb to punish him for peacefully occupying park http://t.co/PN5FRMMN9v

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Sat 14 Dec 2013 16:13

Novara on #copsoffcampus protests & call for a free university. I’m there looking a bit haggard (lack of sleep?) http://t.co/XXwBOejnwK

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