Another Revolution Missed? Anthropology of Cyberspace - Maximilian C. Forte

Max Forte researched 50 anthropology departments and found that there were 27 such individuals who had an interest in teaching 'anthropology of cyberspace and virtual ethnography' (Forte, 2002).  These numbers are alarmingly small considering that there are 4881 courses listed and only 21 have some content to do with the internet (Forte, 1002).  What I found interesting is that these numbers are so low, with the amount of time students and teachers do spend researching topics and fields of interest online and only a small amount have a valid course for the internet.  

With excuses such as 'it's already done in other departments, You can't have a whole course on the topic and It is a very narrow specialization' make it seem like it is a topic that is far fetched and or that no one wants to deal with this field.  It is a very fast evolving course and one that seems to be the future of academia.  Max Forte's research proves that one speciality is not necessarily something everyone thinks should be learned or that other fields are already learning out side of social science. I find that this article is an interesting one considering that 'Cyberethnography' is taught now at Concordia University.  Maybe his research will further the interest of other academics - provide a band wagon for them to jump on!