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#War is everywhere .... "Metaphors influence the mind in many unnoticed ways. The willingness to describe fierce disagreement in terms of the metaphors of war makes the very existence of real wars seem more natural, more inevitable, more a part of the human condition. 1/

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Exploring my new neighbourhood #Finsburypark #sabbatical @ericgordy.bsky.social ?

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@a-d-n.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Finally visited PRE-ARCHITECTURES exhibition and got to see @forensicarchi.bsky.social & @davidwengrow.bsky.social & the Nebelivka Project - mind blowing work #prearchitecture #ixelles

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Two of my favourite books spotted together during a 🐕 walk in #Brussels #changingthecourseofhistory @davidwengrow.bsky.social @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social

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He met with an ethnosupremacist two decades after the Bosnian genocide. 7 years later Trump tasked him with dismantling USAID. In one way or another it almost always goes back to them hating Bosnians and/or Palestinians

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Pale Sunrise - linocut by Sussex based artist and printmaker, Annie Soudain More of this artist's gorgeous artwork here: anniesoudain.co.uk #art #winter #snow #linocut #trees #birds

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I've been thinking about intersections of historical record, material culture, and family silence and part of it is now an essay here: www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/the-w...

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Our editor, Ana Sekulić, delves into her collection of heirloom clothing, unraveling stories of craftsmanship, labor, and impact of modernity. "Somewhere along the way, that unquestionable link to history was broken by progress, preponderance of synthetic fabrics, and violence." tinyurl.com/5eaa75er

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‘the work of understanding, unlike the urge to know, requires an endless commitment to the activity of thinking; it requires one to always be ready to begin again’ … couldn’t start my sabbatical with a better book @samantharhill.bsky.social #consolationofphilosophy #thinkingsolitude

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On the poetry of Hannah Arendt, for 4Columns. 4columns.org/dillon-brian...

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Super excited to share a CfP on political ecologies in SEE 🌱 Our guiding q's are: What do the political ecologies of SEE look like? What are the legacies that the field draws on, how is the field transforming, and what are its possible futures? Get in touch if you have an idea and please share!

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Really happy to be in such wonderful company in Environmental Humanities #envhum! Huge thanks to @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and Franklin Ginn for their guidance and patience throughout the editorial process. Thread on the full issue below

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"What does it mean for an archive or collection to provide open digital access to materials representing violated subjects who did not necessarily consent to being documented?" --Temi Odumosu, "The Crying Child" www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Our new article is out now: "Animal Cultures at the Edge of Extinction" (open access). It takes a critical #envhum approach to biological research on animal cultures and asks how humanities scholars might contribute to these discussions in a time of extinctions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Excited to present bits of my new written material at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Brussels. The talk will cover everything from techno-mushrooms, bombturbation, reworlded craters, to guerilla demining. #anthropology #multispecies #environment #semiotics

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The burnout and administrivia that dominates the life of faculty these days can be measured by the length of this complete syllabus from my mother’s class in 1988. Might have taken her five minutes to write.

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very sad news about the passing of Thomas Hylland Eriksen😢#anthropology

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Very excited to share that the journal where I serve as an Associate Editor has arrived on BlueSky. Welcome American Ethnological Society / American Ethnologist! @amethno.bsky.social #AnthroSky #Anthropology #AmericanEthnologist

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Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

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French organizations Carbone 4 + ECF launch this essential report on "imported emissions". It's essential because a significant part of global emissions are embedded in trade and interdepencies, raising questions about responsibilities and partnerships for climate. www.carbone4.com/files/Public...

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Sometimes writing starts with drawing 🤪 ✍️ #warecologies #research #writing #ethnography

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Ginkgos are spectacularly on the turn rn: gold-on-blue above, chrome-yellow fallen fans below. Ginkgo biloba is a profoundly ancient species. The group of trees it belongs to pre-dates the dinosaurs. These trees watched us arrive—and they will watch us leave. Send Ginkgo-photos if you’re so minded.

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Some time ago, NASA hired me to write about stuff humanity had flung into the heavens, far beyond Earth. They published it in 2018. This is it, a 372-page reference on every spaceship sent to deep space (cover by explorer & filmmaker extraordinaire @arielwaldman.com): www.nasa.gov/history/hist...

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“It does not have to be this way.” The rallying cry & leitmotif of the great David Graeber, whose work & vibrancy we need now more than ever. Here’s @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, beautifully, on DG’s anarchism, self-organisation, voluntary association & mutual aid. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

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For Science Magazine, I wrote about "The Metaphors of Artificial Intelligence". The way you conceptualize AI systems affects how you interact with them, do science on them, and create policy and apply laws to them. Hope you will check it out! www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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I’m still buzzing after #RobertGlasper gave me a high five yesterday … so much needed positive energy and good vibes in these dark times

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I’m back on @bsky.app and (probably) for good

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Perfect start to the year, a couple of glasses of Tripel Karemeleit and a long muddy walk with the excellent @davidhenig.bsky.social

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The contributors to "Conspiracy/Theory," edited by Joseph Masco and Lisa Weedon, evaluate the relationship between critical theory & conspiracy theory as the basis for political thought. Read the introduction for free now! www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMa...

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The rise in use of killer drones on battlefields worldwide has ignited debate over how or whether to regulate their use and spurred concerns about the prospect of eventually turning life-or-death decisions over to artificial intelligence.

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Some good news in these dark times. Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina is here! sup.org/books/title/... menasky 🗃️

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Super excited about this conversation - Living with War Pollution Across the Globe - that will take place next week in Amsterdam. I will be speaking about the legacies of depleted uranium and the politics of ignorance and uncertainty (as a form of soft pollution)

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A glimpse into Brussels’ technosphere- 2000 km of sewer pipes are underneath the city, along with rodents who apparently eat ~33% of human food waste in the sewer system that would otherwise get clogged more often … Sunday visit in the Sewer Museum #Brussels

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Exciting news! Join us for a keynote talk with Kapka Kassabova on November 17 👇Help us spread the word! This is a hybrid event and registration link is available here: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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My new article challenges what I see as an over-investment in “coevalness” in contemporary ethnographic theory and practice.

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This English language secondhand bookshop in Brussels is an absolute gem 📚

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