border studies, mirgration, globalization, sex work, gender…

I don’t mind if this blog starts off as (or ultimately amounts to) a collection of “OMG look at this cool thing!” posts.

Laura Maria Agustin’s work on women’s migration, sexual economy, and the human trafficking “rescue industry” is damn fabulous. I am so down. What’s even better is that so much of her published work is available open access on her really great blog.

Zotero: An Open Access alternative to Endnote

In response to all the wonderful attention to oa in the anthropology blogosphere such as savage minds, culturematters, and golublog, I could not pass up the opportunity to share this alternative bibliography managing tool that lets you directly cite information from articles, books, and pages found on the web. You can even set up folders (takes inspiration from itunes music folder design) to organize and visualize your sources. It’s a lot faster than endnote, and could save time for anyone who might be thesising. . .

happy (open)sourcing!

call out

I’m going to christen this baby with a cry for help.  It would have been so easy to start with a rant. Instead I’m going to pick the collective brain.  Here’s the deal: I’m working on a project about misappropriation, useful appropriation, and plain old white-people-appropriating-brown-people’s-stuff-appropriation.  Specifically, I’m looking at the use of Zapatista commodities and Keffiyeh among young, left, and hip United Statesians. Utopian translations of movements that have wheels? Solidarity? Problematic fashion choices?

I’ve  got data and ideas coming out my ears, but here’s the thing: anyone have any suggestions for literature on the consumption and appropriation of revolution?

Test Post

just making sure it works…