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editor in chief, american anthropologist, tweets my own. https://t.co/WeiHMYeh01 /@elingchin
Pasadena, CA
Joined June 2017
I take a certain pleasure in saying that "Reviewer 2 provided comments that were unprofessional and lacking in content. Those comments are redacted. Should you wish to see them I can provide them." Just because the reviewer said it doesn't mean an author needs to see it.
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Hate to tell you this, but your conclusion is probably your introduction.
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Isn't it ironic that anthropology, which theorizes culture change, has so many practitioners who resist disciplinary change so fiercely?.
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My new hobby seems to be signing up for webinars and then not attending because I have too much work to do.
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Anthropologists: can you PLEASE stop featuring photos of yourself in the field wearing native garb, taking notes while young children hold electronics and stare at them in wonder? It's not a good look.
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American Anthropologist has been in publication since 1899. In 2016 Deborah Thomas became the first person of color to edit the journal. I'm the second.
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If I taught a workshop at the intersection of design and anthropology for fieldwork, documentation, and collaboration, who would be interested? NOT "design anthropology"!!! Full of critical politics of materials, research practice and ethics.
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If you have built your career on the study of marginalized others without attending to the daily politics of how you marginalize others, much less ensured that the benefits of your work flow to those from whom your work has developed. .
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When writing a paper, I literally have to write my thesis statement and tape it to my monitor so I can hold myself accountable to it. Otherwise I tend to go down any rabbit hole that presents itself.
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If you are working on your first publication in anthropology, Transforming Anthropology, the journal of the Association for Black Anthropologists is a journal that views working with people on their first peer reviewed article as an important part of what they do.
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As anthropogists, we specialize in the most destructive species ever.
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I think it's safe to say that John Comaroff is not having a nice day. Props to the students who are refusing to let him or Harvard off the hook.
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If you should be even the tiniest bit fearful that the C man from Harvard could tank your publication via his network, submit to AA. Let us know your concerns. We got you.
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@bayesianboy Jenny Marx hand-wrote the legible manuscript of Capital because nobody else could read Karl's handwriting.
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@lingerie_addict Or there's the equally icky outcome that the kids never do leave, and there they still are, in their 30s and 40s and the parents are like, "what did I do wrong?".
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I wonder if the peer reviewers also masturbated as part of the review process.
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@nelsonlflores My grad school stipend gave me financial security for the first time and I was like: all I have to do is go to class and study for all this money?????.
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Did you know that all Brazilian anthropology journals are open access, funded by the government? And they publish both in Portuguese and English!.
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Design+Racism in 10 objects. (Or maybe 100?). I nominate the speculum. What's your pick?.
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In my opinion, the most important part of autoethnography is acknowledging that one is an asshole.
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If you are digging yourself out from under a pile of work, is that autoarchaeology?.
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Whitney Battle-Baptiste is the new President Elect for AAA!!!!.
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If anthropology in the future becomes unrecognizable to me, what a swonderful sibilant set of sssscircumstances. Bless our youngers who move into new ways of thinking and doing.
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Just showing up is an important ethnographic practice. Showing up. Again and again and again and again.
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It took four tries, but I finally got a Fulbright! Six months in Taiwan to study cheongsam and qipao.
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Maybe what anthro needs is a website where people can share the inappropriate texts and emails they get from profs and supervisors.
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I myself cannot write using an outline. I start my papers in the middle and write my way out. What's your process like?.
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Of the 5 most cited articles in 2021, ALL of them were authored by BIPOC. That's some citational justice right there.
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So, large % of profs in elite Unis have profs for parents, and all those unis hire each other's students, but it's a meritocracy, right?.
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I had a request for a thread on how to best get started and be effective as a peer reviewer. So here are some thoughts.🧵.
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I took my own headshot because this morning's light was so good.
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Maybe after I finish editing AA I will find some people who want to launch an awesome open access anthro journal. .
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There's no amount of self care that can cure the fact that this is just too much.
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@watermicrobe I redact gratuitously mean comments from reviews. Luckily this does not happen often. I would reject a review that was through and through nasty and find another reviewer.
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To an author: "The reviewer seems to be triggered by some of the ideas and approaches in ways that are just not your problem to worry about.".
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Gentle but firm request to drop the phrase "circling the wagons" because settler colonialism shouldn't be naturalized as part of the discussion.
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Working on a revise and resubmit? Don't know what to do? I'm doing a workshop Sept 4-5. Virtual. This is open to untenured people who are BIPOC +/or LGBTQIA. There are four spots. For ethical reasons, papers intended for AA cannot be included. DM me if interested.
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Once again I must beg you not to use the word "seminal" to describe feminist work.
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. So before you submit, put that conclusion at the top and then bring the ms into resonance with what you said there.
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All capitalism is racial capitalism, by the way.
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I am delighted to announce that I have notified admin that I am leaving ArtCenter when my contract is over at the end of August. In other words: I quit my job! Off to new adventures.
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We love working with first time authors at American Anthropologist as well! What other journals are especially supportive of and welcoming to newer authors?.
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My sweet boy is gone. He died quietly last night. So sad I wasn't with him.
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You DO NOT need to invent a whole term to make a contribution to the discipline.
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Cranky take of the day: just because it's ethnographic doesn't make it anthropological. So think about that when you submit to a journal called American Anthropologist. Is it that hard?.
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Two months after quitting my academic job at a toxic institution, my client roster is totally full, I'm doing work that matters, and not looking back even for a second.
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The problem with nearly everything in design is capitalism.
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@AFredston Definitely take the hotel room. It will feel like actually going to an interview. And then you can enjoy the hotel room afterward, just like in a face to face interview situation.
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I'm thinking it would be great to offer authors the option of making a sound recording of them reading their article.
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I think I have the opening sentence for my essay for the June issue: Anthropology has a toxic love match with white supremacy.
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Augustin Fuentes, Kate Clancy, and Robin Nelson explain it all to you:
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Here's why I hate the term "inclusion" -- I don't want to be included in that thing that makes me crazy. I want it to change. Transformation please.
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Vital Topics Forum on Palestine now on the American Anthropologist website.
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Proud to be publishing critiques of the discipline in American Anthropologist. This new piece from Mark Schuller and Christina Abreu pulls no punches. #anthropology
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@KWhiteheadLab In snarky mode ( not at you!) You could also channel your inner white man and 1) say yes and then just not do the work or 2) say no without explanation!.
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An author just asked if their newly accepted article could be published soon, because their department has been eradicated and they won't have a job after the end of the school year. It's happening. And it's horrifying.
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Hey if you are an anthro grad student and want to propose/curate a virtual issue of American Anthropologist dm me. Virtual issues use the journal's archive.
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AAA asked whether I was interested in extending my editorship to a 6 year term from a 4 year term. And I am! Was informed via an email from my chair that ACCD Prez and Acting Provost don't have the resources to support. 🧵.
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Dear authors. The niceties of the response letter are very important. It's more than ritualistic kissing-of-the-ring (or nether parts).
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Visited the AAA headquarters and couldn't resist taking a photo with the first issue of AA from 1899.
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Important piece from Jemima Pierre about Haiti and Empire.
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@coryjamesyoung He didn't even intend for Lizzo to exist. But here she is, in all her glory! Take that, originalists.
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OMG @DrJonathanRosa asked me a question via zoom in my talk and I nearly died with excitement.
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And I'm happy to do this via zoom for any group of Anthros!.
Yesterday — just two days post #AAA2022Seattle conference — Dr. Elizabeth Chin, Editor-in-Chief of @AmericanAnthro, visited the anthropology department to talk with students about what it takes to get published by @AmAnthroJournal. Thank you, @LabSpecEth for your time!
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Dude was well known abuser way back in the 80s when I was applying to grad school.
Lots of big name professors at Harvard signed a letter to defend the rights of professors to engage in sexual harassment under the guise of advising. It’s disgusting watching this play out in real time.
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Just a reminder that I am totally happy to zoom in to your department, lab, office to talk about American Anthropologist to demystify the submission and review process.
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Rather than spending time applying for grants, I'm just using bits of my own money to do whatever I damn want.
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In 2020 AA ranked 20th out of 93 anthro journals. Now we rank 4th out of 91. That's a testament to Deb Thomas' transformational work, the editorial collective, amazing authors and reviewers. Keep it coming!.
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Hey Design! I've reached the conclusion that unless you understand capitalism and its basic properties as an economic system, you're doomed to be part of the problem, not the solution.
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The last person an elite ivy is going to punish is the senior white guy. So when it happens, you know that what really went down was way worse than what they said.
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I made a qipao by hand, the old-fashioned way, with a lot of help from my teacher Jessica Wei.
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How many of my fellow Asian ladies have been called "exotic" by a not Asian guy who thought it was a compliment?.
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Hello. I am the editor-in-chief of a flagship journal and I have a disability. Not sad, not proud, not ashamed, but mostly not a secret, and perhaps not unusual.
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As of August 15th I will have affiliation with City University of New York Graduate Center as a visiting researcher. Looking forward to being connected to my alma mater!.
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So, my daughter's father won the lottery. For real. My first thought was "OK so my irrational fears that he will end up homeless really are irrational." He won a million dollars!!!!!!!!.
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Hey Design! A DuBoisian style guide for infographics!
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Is the opposite of Dark Anthropology "Anthropology Lite"?.
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Humble brag -- from a forthcoming article: "Finally, I appreciated Elizabeth Chin’s unconventional way to humanize the process of peer review.".
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You know, if we slowed down this publish or perish thing, everybody would be way less stressed out. Senior people: think hard before you demand junior people have pubs even before they've finished the PhD. You're creating your own nightmare.
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It's really wonderful when reviewers make it clear that they are thoughtful and supportive -- while also being rigorous and exacting. Here's what one reviewer said to an author re their questions and critiques: "please don’t read [the comments] as reviewer demands – ".
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I will be walking around at AAA with colorful umbrellas and asking people "would you like to create and share a safe space with me" will have sparkly lights and stuff.
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There are over100 institutions granting PhDs in anthropology in the United States. AND HOW MANY JOBS????.
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Should I propose a late-breaking "Barbenheimer" session for AAA where everyone must attend in costume and present in character?.
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Wouldn't tik tok summaries of journal articles be a great assignment?.
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If you have been abused by a prof I can't make that go away. But I can do everything I can to help you get published (though not in the journal I edit).
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Last year we sent out 666 invitations to peer reviewers, and a very hardy 165 answered the call. Thank you to all who provided that very important labor for their peers and this publication.
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Good work is good work. No back doors. No secret handshakes. No I help you, you help me. Developing good work is the measure of success. Your famous advisor can't bully me.
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One problem with the pressure for grad students to publish is that their analysis is likely to be undercooked and over claimed and it's not their fault.
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I gave up tenure in part so that the normative academic punishments would have no hope of making an impact.
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What would it take for AAA publications to go open access. a thread.
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What anthro people out there are doing excellent graphic novel type work? Especially those who are not from or located in North America.
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Got my new hip yesterday. So far the post surgery pain is less than the daily pain I have had for the last several years!.
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From a student today: "I think that without deadlines I would never know what my thoughts are.".
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Going to have students take each other on Google Street view tours of their neighborhoods as a way to get to know each other. And do some methodological work that brings design to boring old interview modalities.
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Planning to offer a range of writing workshops for spring/summer fall, announcements coming soon!.
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No you can't smash your entire dissertation into one journal article.
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