Welcome to the web pages of Edward Gonzalez-Tennant
I'm an anthropologist drawing on theory, methodology, and praxis...
Searching for a way to make what I do meaningful, helpful, & beneficial to others
This begins with the past, is omnipresent today, and informs tomorrow
but
The relationship between past and present is confused
Memory, absence, action, acquiescence, peace, pain, repetition
How do we break cycles of violence
Can the past teach us?
Can it do more than satisfy a passing interest in narrative?
Do we repeat it over and over?
Repeat it against one another, again and again
There is still racism, bigotry, hatred, and a continnum of violence
States repress rights
Corporations hinder freedom
Individuals participate in a million different, everyday hostilities
A continuum hidden by invisible transcripts of privelege
A veiled grammer of 'merit' disadvantaging some? the many?
How many before its too many?
Can the educated masses give up some small advantage
so that others can eat, read, think, and participate
Are any of us free if some are not?
What is the role of academics in transforming society for the better?
These are the kinds of questions I'm asking now...
Please, come inside and see where I've been and where I'm going












still here, like the song?
its a re-make of "All along the watchtower" by Bear McCreary
for the new Battlestar Galactica television series

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