Symposium Intro & David Price Talk_Part 1

Panelist Statements_Part 2

Panel Discussion_Part 3

Kelly Moore Talk_Part 4

Symposium Audience Q&A_Part 5

Audio Stream of David Price's Keynote Address (KXCI)

Our friends at KXCI Public Affairs Department, through Amanda Shauger, were kind enough to post David Price's key note address.

You can access the audio stream at:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/.artsmain/article/14/218/1473719/KXCI.Public.Affairs/30.Minutes-.War.And.The.Social.Sciences/

Counterinsurgency, Anthropology and Disciplinary Complicity, By DAVID PRICE

Feb 3rd, 2009 article in Counterpunch. By David Price.

http://www.counterpunch.org/price02032009.html

Images from the Symposium

The images below show speakers and the audience
during the symposium (click to enlarge).


Dr. Linda Green introduces the first speaker.


Dr. David Price offers an opening discussion.




Dr. Kelly Moore offers a concluding talk.


Panelists offer responses during Q & A.

Are we going far enough?

Thanks for a well-organized and thoughtful symposium.  As an audience member, sociologist, and regular critic of U.S. military policies, I came away with a couple of questions.  In an effort to keep the dialogue going, and to push us all a little farther, I welcome your responses.

1) The military may recognize the value of social sciences for their purposes, but is the reverse also true?  The symposium left me feeling that the military has successfully captured the debate on its own turf.  That is, we social scientists, it seems, are very concerned about our role in their war.  Why are we not asking about their role in our academic community?  What could their role be?  How might this benefit the social sciences?  Might this create opportunities to influence the military?

2) Where should social scientists direct their influence?  The symposium directed attention toward social scientists working with the military.  The above question directs attention toward activity within the Academy.  Yet many of our criticisms are aimed at policies developed in Washington, within the political arena.  Well we know something about how academics influence the political process.  Think of economists, lawyers, and political scientists; think of professional lobbyists, elected officials, think-tanks, and non-governmental organizations.  Are we as social scientists doing all we can to influence military decisions?  Are we going far enough?

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone for coming out to the Symposium - especially those of you who traveled far to join us. We will continue to post material here that pertains to the topics we covered. Please do the same. And please voice your opinion here about the the role of social sciences in war (and vice versa!).

Pre-Symposium Reading Recommendations (these are focused primarily on Anthropology & War)

Human Terrain Team:
http://www.army.mil/professionalwriting/volumes/volume4/december_2006/12_06_2.html

http://humanterrainsystem.army.mil/
http://humanterrainsystem.army.mil/reading.html

US Army's strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology
Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local needs.
By Scott Peterson, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0907/p01s08-wosc.html

Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones, NY Times, October 5, 2007:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?incamp=article_popular_4&pagewanted=all

Response from Communities in Mexico:
http://web.ku.edu/~mexind/index.htm
http://ciudadania-express.com/?s=Bowman&x=0&y=0 (in Spanish)

American Anthropological Association ETHICS CODE:
http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ethicscode.pdf

Anthropology's Interactions with Military & Intelligence Agencies (by David Price)

Links to readings on WORLD WAR ANTHROPOLOGY, COLD WAR ANTHROPOLOGY, and TERROR WAR ANTHROPOLOGY can be found here:

http://homepages.stmartin.edu/fac_staff/dprice/CW-PUB.htm

SPIES IN OUR MIDST, an article by Hugh Gusterson and David Price
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/infocus/prisp/gusterson.htm

Network of Concerned Anthropologists
http://concerned.anthropologists.googlepages.com/home

Where's Kiva Auditorium, you ask?

Here's a link to the campus map.