Alexander Cockburn on the Yanomami scandal: “Will Tierney’s book provoke the uproar that Turner and Sponsel predict? Will anthropology be

placed in the dock? I doubt it. For years native groups across the world have recounted their

stories of the depredations of anthropologists, and have been eager to tell them to anyone

interested. If Tierney’s claims are true, Chagnon may end up in some judicial venue, facing

charges of crimes against humanity. But I doubt that, too. The can of worms is way too full.” NY Press [via Robot Wisdom]