Encyclopedia of Maladies in Academic Anthropology: Counter-Diagnosis for a Sick Working Environment

Though important work has been done in recent years bringing forth the implicit,biassed attitudes and comportment within academic anthropology, particularunfortunate patterns of academic culture persistently resists change. Byintroducing an encyclopedia of maladies, this piece identifies, diagnoses andcatalogues some of the toxic traits anthropologists may contract working inacademic environments. By doing so I hope to deliver a poignant critique of a sickworking environment, but also a humorous language for initiating healing andchange.