Posted on 11/17/2023 4:24:44 AM PST by karpov
On September 25, 2023, I received an email notifying me that a previously accepted abstract, and the panel in which it was to be presented, were now being cancelled. The email came from the presidents of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA). The reason given for the cancellation, which made news around the world and was even covered in the New York Times, was that talks discussing the importance of binary biological sex as a research variable in anthropology would supposedly “cause harm to members represented by the Trans and LGBTQI of the anthropological community [sic] as well as the community at large.” Never mind that my collaborators and I had written in the panel description and in my abstract that gender was not binary and was worth its own discussions in anthropology. The “harm” narrative won out, and our session was cancelled. Fortunately, Heterodox Academy hosted a virtual version of the panel earlier this month.
Even though I think it’s a pity that anthropology has gone off the deep end on many woke topics—from the reburial of bones to decolonization to the transgender movement—I must say that I’m not disappointed that I’ll miss the conference. Academic conferences have lost their appeal to me due to their emphasis on safety (from harmful language, germs, relationships, and allergens); their high fees with no equivalent benefits; and their stifling atmosphere that no longer welcomes debate.
The last conference I attended was the AAA’s annual meeting in Seattle in November 2022. I wrote about the meeting for Minding the Campus. Although it was fun to meet up with a few like-minded (in the sense of still seeing the importance of evidence-driven inquiry) individuals in the panel we put together, the overall conference experience was a dud.
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Anthropology was going off the deep end as early as 2000, and my professors were positively gloating when 9/11 happened.
Looks like the Trannies rule.
They join the AAAS, ACS, and APS.
In other news, talks discussing the importance of using simple multiplication tables as an educational target to equip pre-algebra students for all later mathematics would supposedly “cause harm to members represented by the Lazy and Moron groups of the inner teaching and student communities.
According to an old friend of mine who is a retired English Prof. these conferences are for drunken fornication, expensive meals and very little work on the tax payers dime.
BTTT
God bless the honesty of old age!
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