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An Infrastructural Moment in the Human Sciences

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ID2435535
AuthorsK Fortun (0000-0003-2770-2339, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Mike Fortun (0000-0002-3177-2121, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Year2015
Volume30
Issue3
Pages359-367
Publication date2015-08-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0886-7356 • E-ISSN: 1548-1360
PublisherAmerican Anthropological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.14506/ca30.3.01
OpenAlexW1910495442
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited12

The essay is both more open and more closed than traditional thought would like.It is more open in so far as, through its inner nature, it negates anything systematic and satisfies itself all the better the more strictly it excludes the systematic. . . .On the other hand, the essay is more closed in that it labors emphatically on the form of its presentation.The consciousness of the nonidentity between presentation and presented material forces the form to make unlimited efforts.-T. W. Adorno, "The Essay as Form"Very early in our tenure as coeditors of Cultural Anthropology (2005-2010), before we began our years-long, nagging push for open access-an issue about which we had almost no awareness at the time 1 -we had a seemingly more minor and short-lived nagging struggle with the journal's copyeditor (whose work overall we greatly appreciated

Human science · Moment (physics · Physics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · World Systems and Global Transformations

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    Jon M Wargo, Antero Garcia•Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy•2023

  • Modes and Existences in Citizen Science

    Open Access•Charlotte Mazel-Cabasse, Charlotte Julie Mazel-Cabasse•Science & Technology Studies•2018

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    Open Access•A Estalella•The Cambridge Journal of…•2025

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    Open Access•T Kyriakides, Hester Clarke et al.•Anthropology Matters•2017

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  • Anthropology as Cultural Critique

    George E Marcus, M M J Fischer et al.•Anthropology as Cultural Critique•1999

  • Ethnography In/Of/As Open Systems1

    K Fortun•Reviews in Anthropology•2003

  • The Essay as Form

    T W Adorno, Bob Hullot-Kentor et al.•New German Critique•1984

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    Open Access•M M J Fischer•Cultural Anthropology•2007

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    Open Access•Timothy W Elfenbein•Cultural Anthropology•2014

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    Open Access•C M Kelty, Christopher Kelty•Cultural Anthropology•2014

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Unique citing works17
Citations per year1,55
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 14

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