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Hej! (as we say in Sweden) No summer vacation for aidnography and the link review! This week's emphasis is on anthropology and ethnography, starting with my response to Ed Carr. A look at the brick industry in the Kathmandu Valley, social media and anthropological publishing as well as the question of how ethnography and data science can create fruitful relationships are main features on the anthropological menu. New research on the global land rush and IDRC's 15 year ICT project round off the development section. The only issue I disagree with this week another post where British academics once again make the case for 'rigourous, scientific methods in your research help to influence policy'... Enjoy! New on aidnography Do we really need more new development ethnography? – a response to Ed Carr Development The politics of evidence: methodologies for understanding the global land rush The most recent ‘land rush’ precipitated by the convergent ‘crises’ of fuel, feed a