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Cultural anthropologist Barbara Miller offers updates about people, cultures, rights, and change, around the world. Focus on anthropology and more. Casting a critical, but wishfully hopeful, eye on current events. Sharing new research and opportunities .. more

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Reposted by Barbara Miller, John Foot, Gerald Friedman , and 4 more Barbara Miller, John Foot, Gerald Friedman, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Els Torreele, Timothy D. McBride, Harvey J. Kaye

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23d

I ❤️ my hometown.

Well done…

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Sam Kamin @profsamkamin.bsky.social · 23d

Berlin is asking the right questions.

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · 28d

Sociocultural anthropology teaching position at Purdue University careers.purdue.edu/job/Professo...

Professor Clinical/Professional Assistant

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Sep 17

Mike, did you take this pic? Or do you know who did? I want to use it in an essay I am writing and need to acknowledge the source. Thanks

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Andrew Flachs @drflachsophone.bsky.social · Sep 17

New paper on the intersections of ethnobiology and degrowth: two ways of understanding our place in the world through action-oriented, imaginative research into socioecological relationships.

doi.org/10.1177/0278...

Ethnobiology and Degrowth: A Review of the Opportunities for Collaboration, Generative Inquiry, and Solidarity in Socio-Ecological Research - Andrew Flachs, 2025

For centuries, global political economic relations have been informed by a model of growth premised on transforming plants, animals, knowledge, labor, water, an...

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Risk & Disaster TIG @riskdisastertig.bsky.social · Sep 12

Join the Risk & Disaster TIG at #SfAA2026 in #Albuquerque! Learn more about submitting a Risk & Disaster TIG panel or paper at https://bit.ly/SfAA2026. Learn more about the conference in general at appliedanthro.org/an... #RDTIG2026 #AppliedAnthropology #Anthropology

Black text on a yellow background that reads "Risk & Disaster TIG Call for Panels & Papers
for the 86th SfAA Annual Meeting 17th - 21st March 2026 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Risk & Disaster Call: https://bit.ly/SfAA2026; SfAA Annual Meeting: https://appliedanthro.org/annual-meeting."

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Maxime Polleri @maximepolleri.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'm happy to say that my book called "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan" will be out with New York University Press in January 2026.

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#nuclear #atomic #Japan #Fukushima #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #disaster #Chernobyl #governance

Radioactive Governance

Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe 2011 Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Ja...

nyupress.org

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Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social · Aug 15

Every Monument Will Fall: a story of remembering and forgetting — out now www.penguin.co.uk/books/452252...

Every Monument Will Fall

Tracing the origins of contemporary conflicts over art, heritage, memory, and colonialism, Every Monument Will Fall joins the dots between the building of statues, the founding of academic disciplines...

www.penguin.co.uk

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Aug 13

US: MAGA is MAGA-ing on human rights. This NPR article discusses several changes in the process and product of the US government's annual global human rights review www.npr.org/2025/08/12/n...

State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights

Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Aug 9

A look at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, an archaeological site that attracts conspiracy theories. Lee Clare, an archaeologist who has led the excavation site for over a decade, has heard it all — including the outlandish theories. www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...

An ancient archaeological site meets conspiracy theories — and Joe Rogan

In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and leading to conspiracy theories.

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Aug 7

MAGA hates unions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...

Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections

www.nytimes.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Aug 6

Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history.Public access to these items at federal sites may be restricted or prohibited under Trump administration rules. apnews.com/article/civi...

Artifacts in US museums explain the outsized role of racism in the nation's history

Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.

apnews.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Aug 6

In memoriam: Ruth Krulfeld, long time anthropology professor at George Washington University and women’s rights advocate, dies at 94 gwhatchet.com?p=1236817

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Gorillas to be further endangered: the Democratic Republic of the Congo is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids

Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people

www.theguardian.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hollywood, CA: report on a visit to Musk's new drive-in diner: hype and glitches www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Elon Musk opened a diner in Hollywood. What could go wrong? I went to find out

The tech billionaire’s ‘retro-futuristic’ drive-in and Tesla charging station has long lines, plenty of glitches – and adoring fans

www.theguardian.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 23

A Native retelling of Sacagawea's story is "richer and more ambiguous" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/m...

What if Everything We Know About Sacagawea Is Wrong?

www.nytimes.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 22

Interview with a British surgeon about his latest stint in Gaza
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Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand

Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 16

US: Florida representative comments on her "curated" visit to "Alligator Alcatraz" www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Florida lawmaker Anna Eskamani on her 'horrific' visit to 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

Eskamani says detainees are being held in "cages."

www.wbur.org

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 12

The only country in the world to do so, Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Japan requires name change after marriage — with big effects on female scientists

Survey finds law requiring married couples to share the same family name causes havoc for researchers.

www.nature.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 10

Meddling in a UN investigation of human rights abuses in Gaza: Trump's rationale? That there are serious human rights abuses in Gaza and that the US is deeply implicated ? www.npr.org/2025/07/10/g...

U.S. issues sanctions against United Nations investigator probing abuses in Gaza

The State Department's decision to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, follows an unsuccessful campaign to force her removal.

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Reposted by Barbara Miller

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 4

US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump
theconversation.com/us-supreme-c...

US Supreme Court ponders the balance of power – and sides with President Trump

A recent judgment by the US Supreme Court calls into question the separation of powers established by the constitution.

theconversation.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jul 4

US: Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation apnews.com/article/ston...

Confederacy group sues Georgia park for planning an exhibit on slavery and segregation

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed a lawsuit against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, and white supremacy.

apnews.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jun 29

Unmasking fascism: Edward Said’s pedagogy of wakefulness in an age of educational repression - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/27/u...

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jun 28

Keep telling their stories www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n...

A D.C. cemetery's 'Gay Corner' is a final resting place for trailblazing LGBTQ+ icons

The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jun 27

US: So far, Trump is not getting what he wants from this intervention www.npr.org/2025/06/26/n...

Asked to flag 'negative' National Park content, visitors gave their own 2 cents instead

Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs "that are negative about past or living Americans." Comments viewed by NPR didn't provide the requested feedback.

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anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jun 26

Lessons about universal, affordable child care from Quebec
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn

Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example

www.theguardian.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jun 24

Op-ed by a Devi Shridhar, public health professor: the US can't make American children healthy by ignoring the two biggest killers: gun violence and traffic accidents www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar

The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public healt...

www.theguardian.com

anthropologyworks @anthroworks.bsky.social · Jun 24

US: masked men who do not identify themselves arbitrarily arresting people does not look like democracy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Clouded in mystery’: how Ice became a rogue agency that does Trump’s bidding

Shrouded in secrecy, the US agency has become a kind of domestic stormtrooper for Maga’s agenda

www.theguardian.com

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · Jun 23

8. That Iran is trying to assassinate the US president when all US presidents have the same foreign policy
9. That Iran (a country that never starts wars) cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons, but Israel (a country that starts wars constantly) can
10. That attacking Iran benefits Americans

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