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Hey, longtime lurker here. I wanted to pop in re: Oregon State. Speaking only of the anthropology department, while I agree they are making an effort towards activism (ie, decolonization) in the discipline, their version of it, in my opinion, reads very much as performative. For example, in my experience, the faculty there treat “decolonization” like a buzzword and do not have any real desire in dismantling the settler-colonial infrastructure. They encourage you to use scholars outside the “canon”…as long as your work is still rooted in canon. Just fyi. It doesn’t help that the faculty seem massively at odds with each other, which creates an incredibly toxic workplace and pits grads against each other. Again, though, I agree they are making an effort (which is saying more than other institutions) and are worth looking into for that alone. The grad students are the ones fighting for the change, and have been for years. To the department's credit, they are beginning to be receptive. If that interests you, go for it.