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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Wed 18 Sep 2013 15:31

apparently in Jena when Hegel was rector a student took a pistol to class & shot his prof dead on Kantian grounds – http://t.co/GggBYoxNaY

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Fri 13 Sep 2013 02:22

Radical Anthro evening class in Camden starts Tue Sep 24. I’ve been known to attend. http:/radicalanthropologygrpup.org/Evening_Class.html

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Fri 6 Sep 2013 19:55

I’m looking especially for first-person non-fiction accounts, as way of showing how much Machiavellian maneuvering & speculation about it…

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Fri 6 Sep 2013 19:54

odd request: anyone have a good source (esp. an autobiography) describing a professional or office environment ripe w plots, schemes, etc

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Fri 6 Sep 2013 01:18

Today we were sneaking up on a loon in a pedalboat while reading aloud from the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus.

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Wed 4 Sep 2013 17:45

I’m not on FB but I’m sure its lovely. RT @nathanairplane: @davidgraeber I made a FB page for our @BKBF panel. https://t.co/BaidUug5iz

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Mon 2 Sep 2013 17:23

Yup as of today I am a full professor – and I managed to do it without once undergoing tenure review! Just had to give up my country.

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Sat 31 Aug 2013 18:08

obviously I don’t support imperial action of any sort, ever. The US govt are evil hypocrites. But you pick your battles, is all.

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Sat 31 Aug 2013 17:58

must admit trying to feel moral fervor over attacking Syria feels like getting indignant D, Vader is launching strike on Ming the Merciless

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Fri 30 Aug 2013 19:33

Back in Montreal for two days – wireless again. All ill be doing is sending attachments, late letters of rec, forms, etc…

Tue 27 Aug 2013 21:29

Best phrase so far from responses to #bullshitjobs – French Slate on the “bullshitization of the economy”

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Sun 25 Aug 2013 22:48

Btw can someone tell Yves Smith that saying something was true of the 1970s does not mean you are saying it was true of the 1570s. Really!

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Fri 23 Aug 2013 16:44

Thanks! RT @vitocrapanzano: @strikeyo @davidgraeber just finished translating your Bullshit Jobs text … http://t.co/U3WeOlXDxS

Thu 22 Aug 2013 22:22

Why has academic admin tripled as teaching staff decline? Is teaching 3x more complicated than it was 50 years ago?

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Thu 22 Aug 2013 22:20

Best rebuttal to Economist’s claim #bullshitjobs are necessary because of complexity of production: what about universities?

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Thu 22 Aug 2013 17:14

Entertaining battle of retweets between @TheEconomist & @OccupyWallStNYC over my original & their response

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