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bhildred.bsky.social

Anthropologist of Sport at Durham. Director of INSA (sportanthro.bsky.social). Researching sport & social change. Cricket & Reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

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submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

First things thrown in over a year, and in an awesome new studio - turns out most of the Anth department are potters…

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Really excited to promote our 2nd #sportanthro Conference, coming this summer in Belgium. The CFP is open till the 19th March. If you’d like to learn more, go to www.sportanthro.org/join to join our mailing list.

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

We're extremely excited to share the Call for Papers for our 2nd International conference, held this year at KU Leuven, Belgium, on 5-6 June. Please share widely! To find out more, visit www.sportanthro.org/conference

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

As nice as it is to see you all full of energy and announcing new projects, I need some representation for those of us who have crawled into 2025 unwell, slow and uninspired. My year will be starting properly next week thank you 🙏

submitted 166 days ago • 8 comments

Merry Christmas to me, for finally finishing the edits on this! I would not wish the task of indexing a book on my worst enemy. 'Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Collaboration and Representation in the Digital Age' will be published in 2025 by Vernon Press. #academicsky #sportanthro

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When did it just become a thing to watch videos without headphones? Trains are full of people flicking through tiktok these days... one guy was watching a full football match

submitted 196 days ago • 3 comments

Pointless. Hilarious. Bizarrely interesting.

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This had almost passed me by, but it seems the recent #LKA U-19s games are the first time that two players from Jaffna have been in the national team at the same time? Really great sign of cricket's growing health in the north if so and credit to those developing the game there.

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Reflections

submitted 204 days ago • 1 comment

To be very clear, as a teacher I don't want "time-saving AI tools." I want time.

submitted 208 days ago • 18 comments

Published by the @acscricket.bsky.social, this looks a good read from Tony Watts. Certainly one for those of us who enjoy #cricket and how #socialclass has influenced the game.

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Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Anthropology: The Critical Cup?: Hegemony and Resistance in Drinking Vessel Practices

submitted 213 days ago • 1 comment

We have a properly warped perception of how much various sectors contribute to the UK economy. The fishing industry, which is constantly in the news and to whom politicians of all rosettes regularly play, adds less to GDP than Games Workshop

submitted 214 days ago • 32 comments

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It's that time of year. (Cred is the inimitable Bjenny Montero)

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