One of the community groups we work with has a book out. Another has just won a major victory for environmental justice. A third is looking for new staff. Another has posted an incredible collection of photos from the Baltimore Uprising. My responses? Depending on the social media platform, “Like”; “Retweet”; “Share”; “Follow”. Perhaps those aren’t even “responses”. I haven’t done anything—I haven’t even moved from my chair! Even J.G Frazer had to get up to pick up another tome of hermetic folklore. But I would be remiss not to engage in this slacktivism . Not only remiss, I would be endangering our relationship to our Baltimore interlocutors. Public anthropology takes many forms—including advocate, gadfly and cultural critic. What about zombie? The digital, networked world in which we live has enabled unparalleled access to the tools of content creation. All of us can make a movie, write a novel, publ...
Occasional posts on anthropologically interesting science fiction, anthropological futures and my own future as an anthropologist.