Network of Concerned Anthropologists
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The Network of Concerned Anthropologists (NCA) is a group of Anthropologists that formed in 2007 for the purpose of protesting the Iraq War.
Beliefs
The group believed that anthropologists should not participate in any work involving the War on Terror,{{Cite news |last=Weinberger |first=Sharon |title=When Anthropologists Go to War (Against the Military) |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/09/when-anthropolo/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} due to believing it is unethical and that the US presence in Iraq was illegitimate.{{Cite web |date=2007-11-19 |title=Petitioners Urge Anthropologists to Stop Working With Pentagon in Iraq War |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/petitioners-urge-anthropologists-to-stop-working-with-pentagon-in-iraq-war/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=chronicle.com}}
The founding members of the Network of Concerned Anthropologists include Catherine Besteman, Andrew Bickford, Greg Feldman, Gustaaf Houtman, Roberto Gonzalez, Hugh Gusterson, Jean Jackson, Kanhong Lin, Catherine Lutz, David Price, and David Vine.{{Cite book |url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo6899695.html |title=The Counter-Counterinsurgency Manual |publisher=Prickly Paradigm Press |year=2009 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://concerned.anthropologists.googlepages.com Website of the Network of Concerned Anthropologists]
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