RT @PattMeeples: Archaeology has a lot of soul searching to do. Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North A…
I can't stop thinking about this article. A spot on view of archaeologists in N America: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities - Leighton - - American Anthropologist - Wiley Online Library h
RT @mokersel: Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Commu…
RT @MarcKissel: "Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities" Seems like a ver…
"Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities" Seems like a very impt article for anthropologists (and really any field....) https://t.co/8AYKcHN6Vl
https://t.co/lsyecKZ9Ki Ethnography of academic archaeology demonstrates that U.S. ideology of meritocracy and friendship-based collegiality creates subtle prejudices that often stem from a preference for comfort resulting in excluding those that do not co
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RT @LlamaOnAHill: @c_grandmaster @Actually_Tina Have a read of this abstract on "anthropology" entire subjects have been infiltrated by lef…
@c_grandmaster @Actually_Tina Have a read of this abstract on "anthropology" entire subjects have been infiltrated by leftism and intersectional feminist dogma. https://t.co/7I23dbvKhs
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RT @mokersel: Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Commu…
Interested to see how archaeologists react to this. "The unintended consequences of... informality in a professional community and... those who get left out as a result."
Researcher documents the practices of in-groups within academic archaeology: crazy gringo chicken fights, admissions based in meritocracy and "cultural fit," beer in the classroom, conference hotel room parties, and unwanted sexual advances. https://t.co
Andeanists have you seen this article?
Una etnografía de arqueólogos chilenos y de USA en Bolivia!😃"this article focuses on subtle forms of inequality that arise when academic communities are conceptualized as friendship‐based and egalitarian, rejecting explicit hierarchy." Para leer 🤓
You can download the article for free here - https://t.co/7LWQIdD10D
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RT @tlatollotl: I am a first-generation graduate student from a working class background that does not drink. This gave me a lot to think a…
As someone who doesn't drink, this scholarly piece is food for thought (and I always self-consciously hope I don't come off as a stiff).
RT @mokersel: Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Commu…
I am a first-generation graduate student from a working class background that does not drink. This gave me a lot to think about. It also put into words things I was unable to articulate myself. https://t.co/2jDcpGNrjU #archaeology #arqueologia #academia
Archaeology has a lot of soul searching to do. Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities https://t.co/IwCzdIWTAZ
RT @AmAnthroJournal: Now available through early view: Mary Leighton's "Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in…
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@Eric_Lee_822 A v late reply, but here's a new article about this very issue of drinking culture in academia: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities https://t.co/yJjI0h5Z0W #AcademicChatter #
RT @mokersel: Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Commu…
RT @AmAnthroJournal: Now available through early view: Mary Leighton's "Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in…
Now available through early view: Mary Leighton's "Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities" https://t.co/BKSHpKcILR
RT @mokersel: Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Commu…
RT @mokersel: Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Commu…
Must read by Mary Leighton: Myths of Meritocracy, Friendship, and Fun Work: Class and Gender in North American Academic Communities https://t.co/h2NAk7ixpP