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annaleen

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I write science fiction and science nonfiction. Author: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers. Bylines: NYT, New Scientist, The Atlantic, etc. Pod: Our Opinions Are Correct. Professor: University of San Francisco Media Studies. I love noodles.

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annaleen, to SanFrancisco
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A genuinely thick fog is consuming San Francisco -- quite a rare event in these times. I'm standing outside accumulating moisture in my clothes and hair. #sanfrancisco

annaleen, to random
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The United States has been using science and pseudo-science to wage psychological wars for centuries. Psywar as we know it in America grew up during the Indian Wars of the 19th century, where U.S. troops fought hundreds of Indigenous nations and confederated tribes, using battlefield anthropologists to gather information about the enemy. Read more in my latest @newscientist column, or check out my forthcoming book "Stories Are Weapons." https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234910-900-how-the-us-used-science-to-wage-psychological-war/

annaleen,
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@sarae I mean, he worked with the military, using his knowledge to negotiate treaties with tribes -- he is precisely what I would call a battlefield anthropologist. His work was enabled in part by the Indian Wars, like many anthros on the west coast. He may have believed working with the military and various territorial governments was the only way he could get funding for his work, but it was still a choice that he made.

annaleen,
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@sarae I agree that the situation was complex, but you misunderstand me if you think I consider battlefields to be romantic. I mean the opposite. He was doing anthropology that was sometimes in the service of the War Department. I spent some time studying this kind of anthropological work and looking at primary documents at the SWORP archive in Eugene, and I think it's impossible to disentangle the wars from the science.

annaleen,
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@sarae Anyway all I really mean to say is yes, I hear you about your complex relationship with Gibbs. The whole thing was messy af.

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