Category: Miscellaneous
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On shame, shaming and the judgement of others
A recent exchange on WhatsApp has made me think about the nature of shame. I had politely asked someone to move an extended discussion from a general community group into a group created for that topic. A third person accused me of “naming and shaming” them. My first response was one of some puzzlement. Can…
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In praise of scholarship
Scholarship rarely looks dramatic. It unfolds in archives, laboratories, field sites, and long nights of analysis. It demands patience, doubt, and the courage to follow evidence even when it leads into conflict with custom, profit, or political comfort. The scholar’s tools are not force or spectacle, but measurement, reason, and sustained attention. Yet this quiet…
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