Sex, Anthropology, and Cancellation with Elizabeth Weiss

What happens when foundational scientific concepts clash with modern identity politics? Today, our guest is Elizabeth Weiss, professor emeritus of anthropology at San José State University, Segal Center research fellow, and a renowned author. Her latest book, "On the War Path: My Battles with Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors", is now available.
Weiss recounts her tumultuous journey through academia and the underlying conflicts within anthropology. These conflicts range from the debate between scientific knowledge and postmodern truths to the intersection of identity politics with the discipline. She also discusses the controversy surrounding the cancellation of a panel on the concept of binary sex by major anthropological associations, only for it to gain global attention after being reinstated.
Join us as Elizabeth Weiss shares her steadfast commitment to objective knowledge and truth, her experiences with being canceled, and her aspirations for reform within the field of anthropology.
In This Episode:
• Controversy over the binary concept of sex
• Retraction of anthropology panel on sex
• Elizabeth Weiss's academic journey and research
• Challenges in anthropology and repatriation laws
• Elizabeth Weiss's lawsuit and retirement settlement
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About Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Weiss is professor emeritus of anthropology at San José State University. She's a 2023-2024 Faculty Fellow at the Mike & Sofia Segal Center for Academic Pluralism. She is on the board of the National Association of Scholars. Her latest book is On the Warpath: My Battles with Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors (Academic Press, 2024).
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  • @alexsimonelis164
    @alexsimonelis164Ай бұрын

    Anthropology is one of the most woke-left-captured departments in academia. Cheers to Elizabeth!

  • @DaboooogA
    @DaboooogAАй бұрын

    Thanks for having Elizabeth on - we don't hear enough from those in scientific fields who have been ostracised for their research.

  • @HighCountryStudio
    @HighCountryStudioАй бұрын

    Thanks very much for this video and for Heterodox Academy. So glad I’ve retired from academia. What a mess! Please let guests finish their sentences. Doing so shows respect and confidence that the guest will make their points without being directed .

  • @AndyColglazier
    @AndyColglazierАй бұрын

    Many of those who are quickest to deride the creation stories of European cultures are also the quickest to officially declare the creation myths of American indigenous peoples as important oral histories and therefore sacrosanct. So often when reading archeological papers pertaining to the histories of indigenous Americans, I see the authors attempting to walk a precarious tightrope where they water down research findings and include the opinions of native American "authorities" in an effort to both publish their work, but not lose access to archeological sites because they pissed off the natives. It's dangerous to reliable results to allow hard scientific research to be comprised by having to kowtow to special interest groups in order to maintain access to important resources.

  • @brianbutton6346

    @brianbutton6346

    Ай бұрын

    Interesting insights. I did not know that . . . but I am not surprised.

  • @darlafitzpatrick8770
    @darlafitzpatrick8770Ай бұрын

    I realize his interruptions are important to summarize and provide context for the audience, but as a listener, I would have appreciated fewer of them

  • @seanraz
    @seanrazАй бұрын

    The academy is in such trouble.

  • @0MVR_0

    @0MVR_0

    Ай бұрын

    its fine, fail sons always have a lifeline

  • @HenryLeslieGraham
    @HenryLeslieGrahamАй бұрын

    this interview was very difficult to listen to because the Host kept interrupting the interviewee

  • @vickibicknell884

    @vickibicknell884

    Ай бұрын

    It felt like he was trying to clarify, not simply interrupt.

  • @HenryLeslieGraham

    @HenryLeslieGraham

    Ай бұрын

    @@vickibicknell884 yes but he didnt need to 'clarify' every 5 minutes. he could have done so after the fact. an interviewer must allow the guest to finish his (in this case her) thought(s) and then ask for clarification.

  • @cgpcgp3239
    @cgpcgp3239Ай бұрын

    Host interrupts guest Guest starts to speak Hosts interrupts again Guest starts to speak again Hosts interrupts again then says but go on… (Edit) 20 interruptions later… Host: I’m sorry to interrupt (continues to interrupt)

  • @AndyColglazier
    @AndyColglazierАй бұрын

    Lovely conversation, thanks.

  • @jonahtwhale1779
    @jonahtwhale1779Ай бұрын

    Wot - no jokes about boners? Tut, tut!

  • @birchlover3377
    @birchlover3377Ай бұрын

    2:22 I loved sk- anatomy 😊

  • @user-71435
    @user-71435Ай бұрын

    I am beginning to watch this video but I don't even need to watch it entirely to answer the question. Yes, you can tell sex from skeletons. I've watched every single episode of Bones three times. And the titular character-who is based on an actual forensic anthropologist in real life-could always tell sex from the bones. This was way back when TV shoes used to be have some basis in reality. The actual anthropologist, Kathy Reichs, who the show was based on, was a producer on all the episodes because she wanted to keep the science real. So I know at least the physical anthropology bits were true.

  • @kell_checks_in
    @kell_checks_inАй бұрын

    Am I the only one picturing interred skeletons that have been placed in positions to help ensure their cozy happiness throughout eternity? 💕And, yeah, PELVISES PEOPLE!

  • @bmatt2626
    @bmatt2626Ай бұрын

    If the crypt is a-clatterin' don't come a-batterin'.

  • @markkavanagh7377

    @markkavanagh7377

    Ай бұрын

    If the caravan's arockin', don't come aknockin'.

  • @ozachar
    @ozacharАй бұрын

    What a great title. Obviously, skeletons have sex (biological) but no gender (behavioral). Which tells something about what has a meaning and what doesn't, if one wants to have definition with legal meanings (e.g., for women rights under legal rules and regulations).

  • @jan-olofharnvall8760
    @jan-olofharnvall8760Ай бұрын

    Yes the do and I was taught it’s called necrophilia🤭

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551Ай бұрын

    First Principle Functional DNA is encapsulated in Eternity-now, Euler's e-Pi-i superimposed quantization entangled fields that are the skeletal framework of reciprocation-recirculation Singularity-point positioning sequences, that's Life. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a Singularity-point stage-step, from wherever wherever you are in relative-timing holographic-quantization cycles in the Calculus-Calendar of Eternity-now Interval Perspective Principle, and it's always NOW, so we live past-future presence here-now-forever according to the memory associations mapping of the local curriculum-culture. Walking from dark to light blanks the memory of inside-outside being, just as is observed through the Apature of entangled point-line-circle conic-cyclonic coherence-cohesion Camera Obscura holographic-quantization Lensing. Reductionist Observation is the q-a elemental e-Pi-i sync-duration resonance unity connectivity beginning of Philosophy and teaching-learning techniques. Genuine teaching quality is inherently vital to human existence, so deny denial, it's purely trivial.

  • @richardsn1976
    @richardsn1976Ай бұрын

    Some would say, “No glove, no love.” Others disagree.

  • @eswyatt
    @eswyattАй бұрын

    The dude with the eye job needs to let the guest finish a sentence.

  • @edwoodsr

    @edwoodsr

    Ай бұрын

    He seems more concerned with displaying his own knowledge than letting the guest tell her story.

  • @PoliticalSins
    @PoliticalSinsАй бұрын

    As a skeleton I can confirm, we do. 🙃

  • @nonyourbuz5805
    @nonyourbuz5805Ай бұрын

    ...EVERY Time I hear the Word "WOKE", I Think of a Racial Slur.....

  • @0MVR_0
    @0MVR_0Ай бұрын

    channel must admit this is clickbait

  • @vickibicknell884

    @vickibicknell884

    Ай бұрын

    No, not clickbait. What makes you think so?

  • @0MVR_0

    @0MVR_0

    Ай бұрын

    @@vickibicknell884 and all for an extra few views