Blogging Anthropology: Savage Minds, Zero Anthropology, and AAA Blogs

  1. David H. Price

Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01203.x

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American Anthropologist

American Anthropologist

Volume 112, Issue 1, pages 140–142, March 2010

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Price, D. H. (2010), Blogging Anthropology: Savage Minds, Zero Anthropology, and AAA Blogs. American Anthropologist, 112: 140–142. doi: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01203.x

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  1. Department of Anthropology, St. Martin's University, Lacey, WA 98503

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  1. Issue published online: 23 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 23 FEB 2010

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Keywords:

  • anthropological blogs;
  • public anthropology;
  • academic blogs

ABSTRACT  In this review essay, the academic merits of three anthropological blogs (“Savage Minds,”“Zero Anthropology”[formerly “Open Anthropology”], and the official blog of the American Anthropological Association) are considered. The review examines differences between group-blog projects (such “Savage Minds”), single-voiced blogs (such as “Zero Anthropology”), and official blogs representing central anthropological institutions (the AAA's blog) and identifies roles and strengths of each of these blog forms.

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