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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Sun 8 Jul 2018 10:12

this is the sort of thing we should see more of – great rant against corporate feudalism https://t.co/N4t2EVQLoK

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Sat 7 Jul 2018 22:28

ok the plot thickens. I’ve been wondering why my BSJ book is listed in UK Amazon under “poker.” Now it turns out none of the bestsellers in poker on UK Amazon are actually about poker. Most are about banking. https://t.co/Nr280xlpVJ

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Sat 7 Jul 2018 17:45

Wait a minute how did someone put out a Cliff Notes on Debt and I didn’t even know? https://t.co/35vkCrjmF8

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Wed 4 Jul 2018 13:54

Meanwhile the most intellectually ambitious book I release last year was “On Kings” with Marshall Sahlins. Between us I think we made a major contribution to the history of anthropological theory (iidssm) but virtually no one seems to have read it

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Mon 2 Jul 2018 21:14

help good Twitter folks! I was going to get one of these excellent Combat Garden Gnomes to complement my Gnome Chomsky (still on the way from the US), but the etsy site no longer exists. Where do I get one? Anybody know? https://t.co/RXIYICdxH4

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 18:49

Jacobin radio BSJ interview transcribed – they make me sound surprisingly articulate. https://t.co/6RiDf2LCa7

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 13:09

Normally it’s impossible to get the bigshots to actually help with holding up a banner. Have to confess I’m impressed @johnmcdonnellMP https://t.co/h0Jbb26TO8

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 11:47

police tasers were sold to the public again & again as a non-lethal alternative to guns (“you’d rather the cop shoot him?”) This was a lie. Tasers are weaponised torture devices used in almost every case where the cop would never have considered using a firearm. https://t.co/a0hx1OmO7X

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 11:27

if they were acting honestly they’d be asking “how can we make clear to the survivors we are going to take them seriously this time?” Here they are doing the opposite, proving those right who said the current leadership is compromised & only an external investigative body will do

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 10:09

that would minimally require some acknowledgement, an apology, assurances, some kind of act of reaching out

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:18

Because, after all, if they really are as they claim “committed to due process and the importance of evidence and fairness to accusers and accused” they would want to create an environment where those people would feel safe to come forward without fear of retaliation

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:17

Have they, formally or informally, attempted to contact the survivors or whistleblowers, if only to apologise for previously characterising their claims as “malicious gossip” & trying to see if it would be possible to sue them?

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:15

“We also want to mention the fact that we are receiving many positive notes from the anthropology community—notes that underline a great deal of interest in keeping Hau alive.” What’s interesting here isn’t who contacted them, but who they contacted. Or, more precisely, haven’t.

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:13

“Asking an external professional auditor to review Hau’s financial records, though the previous – and thorough-audit found no evidence of fraud or other financial irregularity” but NOT, apparently, into charges of the abuse, bullying, etc, they now say they so object to.

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:12

“It is chiefly as a result of the previous EC’s attention to complaints and grievances that Hau was restructured.” Why, if the EC concluded the complaints had no basis & were malicious attempts to damage the journal? Anyway the restructuring was because HAU passed to Chicago.

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:10

“We strongly endorse the move to redress power inequities, bullying & all manner of harassment.” So suddenly they’re for #hautalk? Last I checked when these issues were first raised their “investigation” concluded they were lies & they wanted to sue the person who raised them.

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:07

“In order to restore public confidence in Hau, the Board of Trustees has decided to suspend GdC from his position as Editor-in-Chief and as member of the BoT. We are also negotiating the terms of his resignation.” So they’re admitting it’s just a PR move. #hautalk.

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:05

Eg “The pressure we have been under and the amount of work involved in dealing with the many facets of this crisis has led several trustees to resign from the Board.” Really? You’re trying to tell us one resigned in protest? I’m pretty sure at least one said they did.

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:04

the statement is full of obviously dishonest statements, fudges, & half- or quarter-measures which make it very clear that the people who wrote it have no intention of seriously addressing the issues raised about GdC’s tenure #hautalk

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 02:01

so here’s the statement from the remaining 4 members of the HAU Board claiming that GdC is suspended & his resignation is being “negotiated” (he owns the company & brand personally so this could be hard) #hautalk https://t.co/myfPPYhuN4

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Sat 30 Jun 2018 00:26

okay so how come Amazon Canada actually manages to get the topic of my book right, where UK Amazon still thinks it’s about poker and US Amazon has it under “private equity” https://t.co/yPmR0Ndktr

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Thu 28 Jun 2018 23:55

excellent @fionae contribution on #hautalk and the bullshitization of academia “When Gadflies Become Horses” https://t.co/4OGYy1GPO7

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