The Descent of Anthropology...

Discussion about the AAA's decision to remove "science" from its mission statement continues. Julienne Rutherford (a physical anthropologist working at the interesting convergence of the School of Dentistry and the Departments of Oral Biology and Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago) has posted some useful comments about this action. You can find her writing here:   

• http://aapabandit.blogspot.com/2010/11/place-of-science-in-anthropology.html
• http://aapabandit.blogspot.com/2010/11/cross-field-anthropology-opportunities.html
  

Michael Smith has also commented on the AAA's mission change:

• "Anthropology is not a science" - American Anthropological Association

• http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/2010/12/science-and-aaa-five-problems-with.html
• http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/2010/12/anti-science.html