Costelloe-KuehnCommentMemo17-21Jessica


 * 1) have you read peter lamborn wilson (hakim bey)'s work on pirate utopias? i know you've been interested in anarchistic stuff as well and you might really enjoy his style. [|wiki] and [|essay] from TAZ.
 * 2) you mentioned wanting to publish in cultural anthropology journals, but don't think you'll do participant observation or ethnographic interviewing. i'd be interested to hear about more historically oriented anthropology journals that publish studies based primarily on archival research. it looks like you have quite a few archives in mind and i'm sure you'll find lots of rich material. it got me thinking about possible archival components of my own work. atsushi's class a while back called "history and ethnography" might be helpful for you to check out, i'll e-mail you the syllabus.
 * 3) it wasn't really part of this week's work, but i'd like to hear more about your motivation to give "credit" where its due, i.e. pirates should be acknowledged as playing a key role in the development of western/colonial science. it's an intriguing story and i'm wondering what ramifications you might imagine. perhaps greater value could/should be placed on contemporary "subaltern" sciences/knowledges/practices? your project also might unsettle origin stories for "modern" science that are focused on the "modest witnesses."
 * 4) i just read an essay "from noun to verb," which i'll e-mail to you. the appropriation of "black" music by white musicians might resonate with your story about appropriating pirate science, without giving rightful credit or reparations.