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April 14, 2005

Introduction

Since this version of this blog is just beginning, and kind of with a bang (see my question for AAA candidates, I suppose I should introduce myself first. This is the very beginning of my blog at AnthroBogs.org. I am John Norvell, a Visiting Lecture on Anthropology at Harvard University and soon to be visiting Assistant Professor at Pitzer College, where my wife, Lêda Martins, has just begun a tenure-tack job. Although my dissertation and one major area of research is on urban life, racial and ethnic identity, and the ethnography of the middle classes in Brazil, my current research focuses on online communities and software developers. My professional web site is currently at www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~norvell/.

I am the founder/organizer/whatever of this site at present. What I hope to do with the site is to attract as many anthropological bloggers as possible here, aggregate their posts together with those of anthropologists/bloggers blogging elsewhere, and stimulate as much interaction as possible. This blog, Motes and Theories on Anthropology (so-named for the moment, anyway) will be my own blogged record of teaching, research, and career issues as an anthropologist. Please see the (hopefully) ever evolving home page of AnthroBlogs (www.anthroblogs.org) to see who is blogging so far and for info on how to sign up for one of your own. I also intend to blog about the AnthroBlogging experience at AnthroBlog Blog.

(Changed 6/1/05 to remove reference to Public Anthropology, our erstwhile sponsor.)

Posted by johnn at April 14, 2005 12:54 PM

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Greetings, anthropologists:

I'm working with a Princeton economics professor on a book that will essentially be an exposé of hedge funds: their origins, inner workings, external impact, and future--or potential demise. Since hedge funds carefully guard a mysterious, cult-like status in the world of finance, we thought it might be useful to incorporate some anthropological insights. But since neither of us has a strong background in anthropology, I'd love to connect with someone who does.

If someone in your network would like to share thoughts or ideas on where to start, I would love to get in touch. Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing from you.

Meghan Feeks

Posted by: meghanfeeks [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 12, 2008 01:14 PM

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