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An ode to conference proceedings from the U.S. Southwest

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Karen G.Harry & SarahHerr (ed.). 2018. Life beyond the boundaries: constructing identity in edge regions of the North American Southwest. Boulder: University Press of Colorado; 978-1-60732-666-3 hardback $85.

Karen G.Harry & Barbara J.Roth (ed.). 2019. Interaction and connectivity in the greater Southwest. Louisville: University Press of Colorado; 978-1-60732-734-9 hardback $95.

Robert J.Stokes (ed.). 2019. Communities and households in the greater American Southwest: new perspectives and case studies. Louisville: University Press of Colorado; 978-1-60732-884-1 hardback $79.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2020

Scott G. Ortman*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Boulder, USA (✉ scott.ortman@colorado.edu)

Extract

In this era of online indexing and scholarly social media, it is easier than ever for researchers to find papers and authors that they are interested in. But as access to information expands, choices over what information to consume are increasingly driven by pre-existing prejudices and confirmation bias. In this context, it takes ever more discipline for scholars to not become locked in their own echo chambers. All of us can see the damage that this same tendency is doing to our public life, so we should try to guard against the same thing happening in scholarship.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2020

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