The Chronicle: Colloquy: Responses

RESPONSES

Has the American Anthropological Association responded properly to the controversy set off last year by Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon?

The most recent responses appear first

"The case touched on by the background piece has been of considerable interest to me since September, 2000, not simply because it involves anthropology, ..."

: -- Melburn D. Thurman (posted 1/11, 2:10 p.m., U.S. Eastern time)

"Apparently, from the coverage given this story by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the inquiry into Mr. Tierney's book has fallen prey to a series of Keystone Kops miscues..."

: -- R.B. Bernstein, adjunct professor of law, New York Law School (posted 12/10, 1:35 p.m., U.S. Eastern time)

"I wonder why there is no interest on discussion of misconduct of anthropologists on development programs, too?..."

: -- Ulises Rozas Campos, Asylkoordination Regensdorf - Schweiz (posted 12/3, 10:00 a.m., U.S. Eastern time)