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scottmatter

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small axe working for sustained / systemic change (he / him).

Also Senior Lecturer, TD School at UTS.

Some areas of interest: #anthropology, #anarchism #ethnography #strategicDesign #serviceDesign #foresight #futures #buddhism #hockey #music #collectiveImprovisation #speculativeEverything #JustTransition #politicalEcology #Australia #Canada

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sonjdol , to sociology
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Hello fellow academic researchers, I am having a discussion with a sociologist about whether and to what degree a social science degree should and can include courses on history and historical methodology. To make my case, which should be based on existing research and researchers, I am looking for sociologists and political scientists, who have either worked historically or have thought about how and why history should be part of social science thinking.
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@sonjdol @histodons @politicalscience @sociology

Would political economy and world systems theory stuff be relevant?

From anthro, thinking of people like Eric Wolfe, James Scott, etc…

pvonhellermannn , to random
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My discipline, anthropology, is not seen as "growth" disciplines, and departments are being closed down. But the world needs Anthropology and Anthropologists now more than ever!

Here are my 8 reasons for this:

  1. POSSIBILITIES
    At a time of polycrisis, when the destructive fallouts of capitalist modernity are ever more apparent, anthropology highlights that there are myriad alternative ways of thinking and living; that there is so much to learn from other peoples in the world. 1/n
scottmatter ,
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@pvonhellermannn @academicchatter

Agree with all of the above. I grew up in and , worked in , and am now back in an academic role broadly framed in terms of societal transitions and ‘innovation’ (quotes because I dislike that term).

The most significant and valuable through it all has been the values, theory, and methods from my years explicitly learning / training / practicing anthropology. I wish more (any!) of my undergrad and postgrad students could deep dive in anthro at my university, but it doesn’t exist here as a discipline, degree, or department.

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