Posted on 01/22/2014 12:48:02 PM PST by iontheball
Here’s another link, re: the dissertation and a subsequent book based on it:
‘President Barack Obama’s mother, S. Ann Dunham, was an economic anthropologist and rural development consultant who worked in several countries including Indonesia. Dunham received her doctorate in 1992. She died in 1995, at the age of 52, before having the opportunity to revise her dissertation for publication, as she had planned. Dunham’s dissertation adviser Alice G. Dewey and her fellow graduate student Nancy I. Cooper undertook the revisions at the request of Dunham’s daughter, Maya Soetoro-Ng. The result is Surviving against the Odds, a book based on Dunham’s research over a period of fourteen years among the rural metalworkers of Java, the island home to nearly half Indonesia’s population. Surviving against the Odds reflects Dunham’s commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive; her pragmatic, non-ideological approach to research and problem solving; and her impressive command of history, economic data, and development policy. Along with photographs of Dunham, the book includes many pictures taken by her in Indonesia.’
http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=46699
From your link:
After Dunham married Lolo Soetoro in 1967, she and her six-year-old son, Barack Obama, moved from Hawai‘i to Soetoro’s home in Jakarta, where Maya Soetoro was born three years later. Barack returned to Hawai‘i to attend school in 1971. Dedicated to Dunham’s mother Madelyn, her adviser Alice, and “Barack and Maya, who seldom complained when their mother was in the field,” Surviving against the Odds centers on the metalworking industries in the Javanese village of Kajar. Focusing attention on the small rural industries overlooked by many scholars, Dunham argued that wet-rice cultivation was not the only viable economic activity in rural Southeast Asia.
And
About The Author(s)
S. Ann Dunham (1942–1995), mother of President Barack Obama and Maya Soetoro-Ng, earned her undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees, all in anthropology, from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Dunham spent years working on rural development, microfinance, and women’s welfare through organizations including USAID, the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, the Indonesian Federation of Labor Unions, and Bank Rakyat Indonesia. Alice G. Dewey, an Indonesianist, is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i. Nancy I. Cooper is Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i. Maya Soetoro-Ng has a doctorate in international comparative education from the University of Hawai‘i and teaches high-school history in Honolulu. Robert W. Hefner is Professor of Anthropology and Associate Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University. He is President of the Association for Asian Studies.
Notice in the first paragraph it says 0 was 6 when she took him to Indonesia
Plenty of time to. Attend kindergarten in HI
Maya maybe did, Maybe the university didn’t, maybe she didn’t get the PhD ... maybe it’s all smoke and mirrors like the rest of it.
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You said a mouthful there.
.in last paragraph
“.. Organizations including....” Hit me
Many familiar names
Wonder if there is a complete list somewhere!
Anyone? Anyone?
Has the UoH been embroiled in cases of academic fraud in the past? I.e.: have they been shown to award fraudulent Ph.Ds? Has a whistleblower stepped forward to contest SADO’s Ph.D? Is there one shred of actual, linkable evidence to support the ‘she never earned it’ charge?
The list of academics colluding in this fraud just keeps getting bigger. Are they all lying, or are they all too stupid to figure out they’ve been punked?:
“This is real-world anthropology: it is authoritative, extraordinarily well
documented and detailed, informed by concern for the human issues that are
involved, and deeply intelligent. . . . Dunham’s book is authoritative and thoughtful, a profound analysis of social realities informed by serious research, long personal experience and great empathy. It stands on its own as a major contribution. . . .”—Merle C. Ricklefs, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
“We are lucky that political tides and the perduring affection of Dunham’s
family, friends, and colleagues have brought this carefully wrought study of Indonesian village industry into print. . . . Dunham’s painstaking and
passionately engaged research offers enduring lessons for those of us who wish to leave a legacy as pragmatic and compassionate problem-solvers, be it in a village, a government office, an NGO, or a museum.”—Kenneth M. George, Museum Anthropology Review
“Alice Dewey, Ann Dunham’s thesis supervisor, and Nancy Cooper have done a skilful job of editing this dissertation into a focused, beautifully presented volume. . . . I had the good fortune to have known Ann Dunham as a feisty friend and tough-minded colleague. We shared many mutual interests, especially in Indonesia’s national program for the provision of rural credit (Kupedes). This book is a tribute to her spirit and dedication.”
—James Fox, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
“For anthropologists who are neither Indonesianists nor narrowly focused on work, the study is nonetheless of more than passing interest. . . . Ann Dunham’s legacy in this reelaboration of her University of Hawaii doctoral dissertation is a landmark of anthropological holism. . . . The wealth of information, explanation, and interpretation will be useful for generations to come.”—Jim Weil, Anthropology of Work Review
“To write a biography without mentioning the subject’s name in the title is unusual, just as irregular, in fact, as publishing a serious work of anthropology, entitled Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia, with a portrait of the author splashed on the cover. But then the author of that academic book, the late Stanley Ann Dunham, an expert on the economics of Indonesian crafts, bore a startling resemblance to President Obama—the same long chin, the slight quizzical tilt of the head, the prominent eyebrows. Which is not surprising, since she was his mother. The scholarly book based on her Ph.D. thesis, which contains much excellent firsthand description of life in remote Javanese villages, is of great interest to specialists, and would probably have been picked up by a university press anyway.”—Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books
“[W]ould I recommend this book? Absolutely! . . . I am convinced we could
learn much from Dunham and an earlier generation of economic anthropologists, who sought to interrogate macro-economic analyses
from the perspective of the local.”—Wendy Mee, Anthropological Forum
“. . . [I]t is abundantly clear that Dunham was a remarkable listener, an astute social observer, and a synthetic thinker committed to social change from the
bottom up. This is perhaps the closest we can get to an idea of what attitudes she might have imparted to her son.”—Tom Boellstorff, American Anthropologist
“Surviving against the Odds is a testament to [Dunham’s] lifelong passion for working for the development of rural populations around the world.” —Dinesh Sharma, Asia Times
“[T]his book is a fascinating and important scholarly piece of work. It’s a good reminder that Ann not only had a sharp intellect, but was a perfectionist as well, and a hard-working one at that. Her work is extremely well-documented, with hard statistical data making her book extremely detailed and well informed. At the same time, Ann’s book—like her—is deeply empathetic. Full of evocative descriptions of the lives of the villagers she worked with, the book is a testament of her commitment to the development of the lives of rural and marginalized peoples all around the world. Ann was an internationalist with a global outlook, but it was Indonesia and its people that became the love of her life, and her passion also comes through in her book, something all too rare in academic writing.”—Julia Suryakusuma, Jakarta Post
“[Dunham’s] dissertation reveals, in its study of a single village, the dense textures of culture inherent in any one place. To read it is to learn the history, beliefs, and skill of nearly every inhabitant of the village; its intricate and evolving social, religious, and class structures; its cultural formation through centuries of foreign and indigenous influence. . . . [O]ne cannot help admiring both the complexity of Kajar and the industry of Ann Dunham.” (page 86 of The Bridge)—David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and author of The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
“Indicating there is a great deal to be learned about Javanese life, Dunham’s substantial contribution offers an understanding of economic activity from the perspective of village-level metalworkers subject to government-sponsored development policies and programs. This intense, detailed description of economic and social village life is thick description culminating from 14 years of fieldwork. . . . [A] superior close-up ethnography. A must read for general audiences interested in a mother’s influence on her famous son’s life, and for specialists with a yearning for micro-studies of economic process in small-scale societies.”—S. Ferzacca, Choice
“Surviving against the Odds . . . tells us a lot about Ann Dunham as an anthropologist who combined moral commitment to help the powerless with pragmatic policy solutions. . . . Ann Dunham used her anthropological knowledge as a practical weapon and a spiritual talisman, hoping that through it, and by imparting its values to her children, she could bring into being the changes she deeply wished to see in Indonesia and the world.”—Janet Hoskins, Anthropology Now
“[T]he editors and Duke University Press did a wonderful job with this book. It is lovingly put together, and it will become the definitive source for anyone wanting to understand the ethical and intellectual make-up of Dunham, as well as blacksmithing and more generally village crafts in Indonesia. . . . This book—an estimable ethnography in its own right—is of unique interest precisely for . . . for the light it sheds on how Dr. Dunham’s work may have shaped her son and, thereby, his presidency.”—Michael Dove, Anthropological Quarterly
“Surviving against the Odds is a work of very fine scholarship grounded in a deep understanding of Indonesia. Reading it, I learned a great deal about economic anthropology, blacksmithing (across a range of dimensions, from the supernatural to metallurgy), local life and labor in the Javanese village of Kajar, and the remarkable welter of development schemes and projects in play during the long period of S. Ann Dunham’s research. Dunham knew the arcane world of development very well and her account of it is fascinating and important.”—Donald Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz, past president of the American Anthropological Association
“Why would we doubt it?”
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And everybody was calling the senator, candidate and later president’s mother DOCTOR Stanley Ann Dunham from the first time her name appeared in print.
As people looking for truth, in an unbiased manner, with open minds (as, for example, journalists once did) must we not doubt everything until proven, but especially with regard to the background of this person, whose official history changes as if we’re living out, in real time, the novel 1984?
http://www.theobamafile.com/_family/anna.htm
Beckwith doubts, which puts me in good company:
“And here’s a letter that was sent from the University of Hawaii in November, 2008:
“The University of Hawaii at Manoa is only able to provide the following information for Stanley Ann Dunham:
Dates of attendance:
Bachelors:
Fall 1960 (First day of instruction 9/26/1960)
Spring 1963 — Summer 1966
Masters:
Fall 1972 — Fall 1974
Summer 1976
Spring 1978
Ph. D.:
Fall 1984 — Summer 1992
Degrees awarded:
BA - Mathematics, Summer 1967 (August 6, 1967)
MA - Anthropology, Fall 1983 (December 18, 1983)
PhD - Anthropology, Summer 1992 (August 9, 1992)
Assuming these email responses were true, the University of Hawaii has Stanley Ann starting class in Sept 26, 1960 and dropping out for the spring semester (while pregnant). She then re-enrolled at the University of Washington in the autumn of 1961, just after Obama was born. Obama Sr. was still at the University of Hawaii, and graduated in 1962 while Stanley Ann was at University of Washington.”
“Assuming these email responses were true ...”
Why would he doubt when the case is closed? An email verifies all.
Yet her son, boasting of the success of that white woman from Kansas, didn’t tell everyone, every chance he got, in 2004 or later in 2007, that his mother had a PhD. He did falsely state that his father had a PhD.
Try to find anything prior to the 2008 election that reads “Sutoro PhD” or “Dunham PhD” or any permutation of her many names with “Doctor” or “Dr.” in front. Wikipedia first mentions it in January 2008, unsourced unless by implication, with a bunch of dead links footnoted elsewhere, which don’t pertain to the issue.
Why wouldn’t a progressive like Barry especially tout the achievements of this female who happened to be his mother? Is there a progressive war on women or something? He had dreams from his father but none from his mother?
Riddle me this: Why wasn’t her groundbreaking research cited in innumerable other anthropology treatises over the past 20 years? It’s incumbent on any other student or anthropologist researching her field to find, read, and cite all previous research, seeing as how every scientist stands on the shoulder of the giants that came before.
btw, I made a skeptical remark, as did Beckwith. I made no claims and so it’s not necessary for me to supply “evidence” to support any claim that I never made.
And what does Mercer Island HS have to do with any discussion of a PhD dissertation submitted to a university in Hawaii?
I read through your entire post. I couldn’t find the part where Beckwith doubted the info from UoH. All he said was ‘assuming these emails responses are true’, which is in no way casting doubt on them. Where did he actually cast doubt on the UoH info?
‘Try to find anything prior to the 2008 election that reads “Sutoro PhD” or “Dunham PhD” or any permutation of her many names with “Doctor” or “Dr.” in front.’
Where do you suggest I look? Until her son skyrocketed to fame, she was an unknown entity. Why would anyone cite her prior to Obama’s success? Her dissertation didn’t make it into book form until much later. Not everyone who writes a dissertation gets cited all over the place. The vast majority do not.
‘And what does Mercer Island HS have to do with any discussion of a PhD dissertation submitted to a university in Hawaii?’
The same parties that deny SADO earned a Ph.D deny she graduated from Mercer Island Hi. That is the connection.
‘Why wouldn’t a progressive like Barry especially tout the achievements of this female who happened to be his mother? Is there a progressive war on women or something? He had dreams from his father but none from his mother?’
Who did he dedicate Dreams to? His mother or his father?
Have been spending quite a bit of time plugging in various words and terms from the link to her dissertation above
Fascinating read but not relevant yet to this thread
If someone went to the trouble to create a fake they certainly did a monumental amount of work.
Look up symptoms of abandoned child issues and you’ll probably find the answer
Until her son skyrocketed to fame, she was an unknown entity. Why would anyone cite her prior to Obama’s success? Her dissertation didn’t make it into book form until much later. Not everyone who writes a dissertation gets cited all over the place. The vast majority do not.
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Her research and academic accomplishments have nothing to do with whatever her son does or does not do. His fame is irrelevant to the fame she SHOULD HAVE HAD because her groundbreaking and breathtaking dissertation, submitted in 1992, which was sufficient to award her a PhD. PhD dissertations become part of the field. They are cited in subsequent research. Surely other students at the East/West Center who followed in her footsteps were aware of it.
Obama is a warped, angry person. He was sociopathically screwed up from a very early age. Why anyone wd expect him to do normal things, such as brag on his mother, is inexplicable.
So you’re saying that every person who writes a dissertation & earns a Ph.D should become famous?
Btw, where did you get the idea her thesis was ‘groundbreaking’? Is that your personal opinion? Have you read it? What is the most ‘groundbreaking’ element of the thesis?
What I’m saying is that anyone who writes a groundbreaking PhD dissertation becomes known and CITED in the literature, especially by anyone who follows her research in the same field of study.
For the record, I never made ANY claim about academic fraud nor did I state anywhere (as you put in quotes) that “she didn’t earn it,” so you’re making false claims against me, which I do not appreciate. Why is it necessary to mischaracterize what someone has said? What I wrote stands for itself.
I have the utmost respect for Mr. Beckwith, for his detailed research and his archives, and so I rely upon his ability to discern what’s going on and I’m sorry that he has been bothered and pulled into this increasingly puzzling dialogue. He probably has better things to do, and so do I.
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