"The editor let me know that Elsevier could not publish my manuscript as it stood because they were worried about getting sued for libel." Read this excellent new article by @dansouleles on @allegra_lab which talks about "What to do with the predator in your bibliography" 1/x

Or: What to do if the eminent authory in your field has been accused of sexual harrassment & retired in the face of these allegations? Dan wanted to: 1. acknowledge that he knew of the case; 2. provide alternative sources and 3. work towards transcending this scholar's work 2/x

he initially provided this information in footnotes, but was then only allowed a "dedication": "I dedicate this article to those striving to make archaeology safe and open for all who wish to learn about the traces of our common humanity..." - which he feels ambivalent about 3/x

Dan's approach, for me, raises interesting and important questions, namely what happens when #citationpolitics are no longer about metrics, visibility or other "countable" stuff, but about morality, ethics, hope, and other non-countable "issues" 4/x

Also, it - again - questions the relation btw authors and their texts. It's 2020 and one could think that we have discussed this enough ("The author is dead"), but maybe not. #Lacan was brilliant and has slept with his patients, #Heidegger was ... well, Heidegger, and a Nazi. 5/x

... there are great articles in #refuseHau but how can we go on reading, citing and submitting to this journal in the face of the standing accusations? Finally, when are we acting morally and when are we cancelling ourselves and our entire discipline? 6/x

I enjoyed reading Dan's article - lots of food for thought in there. I hope that many will engage with his text since he intends to synthesize the feedback he gets "into publication guidelines that journals and presses may want to adopt". 7/7 #anthrotwitter

here's the link to the article: https://allegralaboratory.net/what-to-do-with-the-predator-in-your-bibliography/