Solidarity among the ranks of anthropology | Savage Minds

This is going to be short and sweet, and then it?s sharing time.? I just want to make it clear that the most important take-away point of the last post about academia, anthropology, and the current adjunct situation was the need for this:

sol?i?dar?i?ty
noun, plural sol?i?dar?i?ties.

1.union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.

Ok, I?m glad that?s cleared up.? Next, I want to share a link that was just sent out on the environmental anthropology (e-anth) listserv this evening.? It?s a post called ?How the American University was killed, in 5 Easy Steps.?? Here?s a little snippet that has some relevance to many of the recent discussions about the state of academia:

I?d like to mention here, too, that universities often defend their use of adjuncts ? which are now 75% of all professors in the country ? claiming that they have no choice but to hire adjuncts, as a ?cost saving measure? in an increasingly defunded university. What they don?t say, and without demand of transparency will NEVER say, is that they have not saved money by hiring adjuncts ? they have reduced faculty salaries, security and power. The money wasn?t saved, because it was simply re-allocated to administrative salaries, coach salaries and outrageous university president salaries. There has been a redistribution of funds away from those who actually teach, the scholars ? and therefore away from the students? education itself ? and into these administrative and executive salaries, sports costs ? and the expanded use of ?consultants?, PR and marketing firms, law firms.

It?s a long post, but well worth a read.? Read the rest here.

Ryan Anderson is a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Kentucky. His dissertation research focuses on the politics of tourism development in Baja California Sur. He is the editor of the collaborative online project anthropologies, and also blogs at ethnografix.

Source: http://savageminds.org/2012/09/02/solidarity-among-the-ranks-of-anthropology/

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