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¿Qué ocurre cuando la teoría progresista colapsa frente a la práctica cotidiana? Este post revisita el caso de Boaventura de Sousa Santos y propone un contra-manual feminista sobre acoso, poder y responsabilidad institucional en la academia.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
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#antropologia
Qué No Hacer Si Te Acusan De Acoso: El Caso De Boaventura de Souza Santos | Platypus
En este texto pretendemos revisitar el conocido caso del sociólogo portugués Boaventura de Souza Santos, siguiendo su desarrollo a partir de las acusaciones que surgieron tras la publicación del libro
blog.castac.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
¿Qué ocurre cuando la teoría progresista colapsa frente a la práctica cotidiana? Este post revisita el caso de Boaventura de Sousa Santos y propone un contra-manual feminista sobre acoso, poder y responsabilidad institucional en la academia.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
¿Qué ocurre cuando la teoría progresista colapsa frente a la práctica cotidiana? Este post revisita el caso de Boaventura de Sousa Santos y propone un contra-manual feminista sobre acoso, poder y responsabilidad institucional en la academia.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
Qué No Hacer Si Te Acusan De Acoso: El Caso De Boaventura de Souza Santos | Platypus
En este texto pretendemos revisitar el conocido caso del sociólogo portugués Boaventura de Souza Santos, siguiendo su desarrollo a partir de las acusaciones que surgieron tras la publicación del libro
blog.castac.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
¿Qué ocurre cuando la teoría progresista colapsa frente a la práctica cotidiana? Este post revisita el caso de Boaventura de Sousa Santos y propone un contra-manual feminista sobre acoso, poder y responsabilidad institucional en la academia.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#antropologia
We are still seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028. Join us to shape the future of #STS and #anthropology!
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We are still seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028. Join us to shape the future of #STS and #anthropology!
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
As we wrap up 2025, take a look at what Platypus has published this year (including our top ten most popular posts), the annual CASTAC prize winners, and more in our year-in-review post by Managing Editor, Kim Fernandes.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/2025...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in Review | Platypus
Welcome to our annual wrap-up, where we share some highlights for CASTAC’s 2025 activities! We are grateful to for your generous engagement with our content this year, and we look forward to sharing m...
blog.castac.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As we wrap up 2025, take a look at what Platypus has published this year (including our top ten most popular posts), the annual CASTAC prize winners, and more in our year-in-review post by Managing Editor, Kim Fernandes.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/2025...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/2025...
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What happens when progressive theory collapses under everyday practice? This new post revisits the Boaventura de Sousa Santos case and proposes a feminist counter-manual on harassment, power, and institutional responsibility in academia.
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
What Not To Do If You Are Accused Of Harassment: The Case Of Boaventura de Souza Santos | Platypus
In this text, we intend to revisit the well-known case of the Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Souza Santos, following its unfolding since the accusations that surfaced after the publication of th...
blog.castac.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What happens when progressive theory collapses under everyday practice? This new post revisits the Boaventura de Sousa Santos case and proposes a feminist counter-manual on harassment, power, and institutional responsibility in academia.
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
How does lung cancer become visible—and what remains unseen? Today on Platypus, an essay film brings together found medical imaging, critical theory, and original footage to reflect on visibility as a differentially mobilized epistemic practice.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/the-...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/the-...
The Lung Tumor We Know Exists Yet That We Cannot See | Platypus
“The lung tumor we know exists yet that we cannot see” is a found footage essay film that assembles publicly available medical materials and original footage to explore how lung cancer is rendered vis...
blog.castac.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
How does lung cancer become visible—and what remains unseen? Today on Platypus, an essay film brings together found medical imaging, critical theory, and original footage to reflect on visibility as a differentially mobilized epistemic practice.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/the-...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/the-...
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Today on Platypus, Marilou Polymeropoulou maps the global #Chipscene – a vibrant network where artists hack Game Boys, share knowledge, and create a unique participatory culture. It's a perfect case of DIY ethics, distributed creativity, and community building.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
From the ‘Grid’ to the ‘Field’: Visualizing the Chipscene | Platypus
I was introduced to chipmusic and its scene: online communities, netlabels, visual performers, musicians and sound artists, a whole network of creatives which would often physically materializse in ev...
blog.castac.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today on Platypus, Marilou Polymeropoulou maps the global #Chipscene – a vibrant network where artists hack Game Boys, share knowledge, and create a unique participatory culture. It's a perfect case of DIY ethics, distributed creativity, and community building.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
What happens when progressive theory collapses under everyday practice? This new post revisits the Boaventura de Sousa Santos case and proposes a feminist counter-manual on harassment, power, and institutional responsibility in academia.
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
What Not To Do If You Are Accused Of Harassment: The Case Of Boaventura de Souza Santos | Platypus
In this text, we intend to revisit the well-known case of the Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Souza Santos, following its unfolding since the accusations that surfaced after the publication of th...
blog.castac.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What happens when progressive theory collapses under everyday practice? This new post revisits the Boaventura de Sousa Santos case and proposes a feminist counter-manual on harassment, power, and institutional responsibility in academia.
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what...
#STS
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We are still seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028. Join us to shape the future of #STS and #anthropology!
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Call for CASTAC Co-Chairs 2026 | CASTAC
castac.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are still seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028. Join us to shape the future of #STS and #anthropology!
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
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A finger scrolls across platform videos of China’s sculpture factories, but behind these clips are dense layers of labor, touch, and material improvisation. Today on the blog, Renee Yu Jin explores how digital feeds reshape what counts as craft and creative agency:
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
Touch to Make: An Index Finger’s Path into the Sculpture Factories in China | Platypus
How do digital platforms reconfigure the ways we come to know sites of artistic labor before we ever enter the workshops? What began as a simple search for sculpture factories near Beijing became an e...
blog.castac.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A finger scrolls across platform videos of China’s sculpture factories, but behind these clips are dense layers of labor, touch, and material improvisation. Today on the blog, Renee Yu Jin explores how digital feeds reshape what counts as craft and creative agency:
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
We are still seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028. Join us to shape the future of #STS and #anthropology!
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Call for CASTAC Co-Chairs 2026 | CASTAC
castac.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We are still seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028. Join us to shape the future of #STS and #anthropology!
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Today on Platypus, Marilou Polymeropoulou maps the global #Chipscene – a vibrant network where artists hack Game Boys, share knowledge, and create a unique participatory culture. It's a perfect case of DIY ethics, distributed creativity, and community building.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
From the ‘Grid’ to the ‘Field’: Visualizing the Chipscene | Platypus
I was introduced to chipmusic and its scene: online communities, netlabels, visual performers, musicians and sound artists, a whole network of creatives which would often physically materializse in ev...
blog.castac.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today on Platypus, Marilou Polymeropoulou maps the global #Chipscene – a vibrant network where artists hack Game Boys, share knowledge, and create a unique participatory culture. It's a perfect case of DIY ethics, distributed creativity, and community building.
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/from...
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En este post de la serie de RAFeCT, una antropóloga y cinco adolescentes trazan cómo la juventud, los cuerpos y las tecnologías emergentes se intersectan — una invitación a las texturas inventivas y ciborgianas de crecer hoy.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
Investigar Entre Adolescentes y Ciborgs | Platypus
Por lo que parece, los ciborgs y la adolescencia conviven históricamente y tienen una relación de amor y odio. Conectados a diario, con corporalidades que habitan fronteras poco demarcadas entre lo on...
blog.castac.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
En este post de la serie de RAFeCT, una antropóloga y cinco adolescentes trazan cómo la juventud, los cuerpos y las tecnologías emergentes se intersectan — una invitación a las texturas inventivas y ciborgianas de crecer hoy.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
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🚨 𝐂𝐅𝐏 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 & 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐞
Theme: Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI
📅 Date: April 29, 2026
📍 Loc: Yale University (In-person)
💰 Funding: Scholarships available for grad students & organizers!
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Jan 18, 2026 Submit here: indl-na.sciencesconf.org
Theme: Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI
📅 Date: April 29, 2026
📍 Loc: Yale University (In-person)
💰 Funding: Scholarships available for grad students & organizers!
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Jan 18, 2026 Submit here: indl-na.sciencesconf.org
INDL North America: Symposium on Labor and Artificial Intelligence - Sciencesconf.org
Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI
indl-na.sciencesconf.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
🚨 𝐂𝐅𝐏 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 & 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐞
Theme: Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI
📅 Date: April 29, 2026
📍 Loc: Yale University (In-person)
💰 Funding: Scholarships available for grad students & organizers!
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Jan 18, 2026 Submit here: indl-na.sciencesconf.org
Theme: Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI
📅 Date: April 29, 2026
📍 Loc: Yale University (In-person)
💰 Funding: Scholarships available for grad students & organizers!
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Jan 18, 2026 Submit here: indl-na.sciencesconf.org
A finger scrolls across platform videos of China’s sculpture factories, but behind these clips are dense layers of labor, touch, and material improvisation. Today on the blog, Renee Yu Jin explores how digital feeds reshape what counts as craft and creative agency:
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
Touch to Make: An Index Finger’s Path into the Sculpture Factories in China | Platypus
How do digital platforms reconfigure the ways we come to know sites of artistic labor before we ever enter the workshops? What began as a simple search for sculpture factories near Beijing became an e...
blog.castac.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A finger scrolls across platform videos of China’s sculpture factories, but behind these clips are dense layers of labor, touch, and material improvisation. Today on the blog, Renee Yu Jin explores how digital feeds reshape what counts as craft and creative agency:
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
blog.castac.org/2025/12/touc...
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Interested in shaping the future of #STS and #anthropology? CASTAC is seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028.
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Call for CASTAC Co-Chairs 2026 | CASTAC
castac.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Interested in shaping the future of #STS and #anthropology? CASTAC is seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028.
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
En este post de la serie de RAFeCT, una antropóloga y cinco adolescentes trazan cómo la juventud, los cuerpos y las tecnologías emergentes se intersectan — una invitación a las texturas inventivas y ciborgianas de crecer hoy.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
Investigar Entre Adolescentes y Ciborgs | Platypus
Por lo que parece, los ciborgs y la adolescencia conviven históricamente y tienen una relación de amor y odio. Conectados a diario, con corporalidades que habitan fronteras poco demarcadas entre lo on...
blog.castac.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
En este post de la serie de RAFeCT, una antropóloga y cinco adolescentes trazan cómo la juventud, los cuerpos y las tecnologías emergentes se intersectan — una invitación a las texturas inventivas y ciborgianas de crecer hoy.
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
blog.castac.org/multilingual...
#STS #anthropology
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We are happy to invite you to the 2025 #CASTAC Lecture, featuring Syed Shoaib Ali from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, India).
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We are happy to invite you to the 2025 #CASTAC Lecture, featuring Syed Shoaib Ali from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, India).
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
We are happy to invite you to the 2025 #CASTAC Lecture, featuring Syed Shoaib Ali from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, India).
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We are happy to invite you to the 2025 #CASTAC Lecture, featuring Syed Shoaib Ali from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, India).
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
Final day to apply!
Platypus is hiring! 📣📣📣
The official blog of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing and one of the leading anthropology blogs, invites applications for the positions of Contributing Editor and Multimodal Contributing Editor!
blog.castac.org/call-for-mce...
The official blog of the Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing and one of the leading anthropology blogs, invites applications for the positions of Contributing Editor and Multimodal Contributing Editor!
blog.castac.org/call-for-mce...
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Final day to apply!
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🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
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December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
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CASTAC is great! Think about contributing!
We’re still accepting applications for Contributing Editors (CEs) and Multimodal Contributing Editors (MCEs) for Platypus, our blog.
Check 3 reasons to join our community with Kim Fernandes, Platypus Managing Editor⬇️
More info: blog.castac.org/call-for-mce...
#Anthropology #STS #CASTAC
Check 3 reasons to join our community with Kim Fernandes, Platypus Managing Editor⬇️
More info: blog.castac.org/call-for-mce...
#Anthropology #STS #CASTAC
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
CASTAC is great! Think about contributing!
Interested in shaping the future of #STS and #anthropology? CASTAC is seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028.
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Call for CASTAC Co-Chairs 2026 | CASTAC
castac.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Interested in shaping the future of #STS and #anthropology? CASTAC is seeking nominations for our next co-chair for the period 2026-2028.
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
Send your application to co-chairs@castac.org by January 5, 2026. More information on the process: castac.org/call-for-co-...
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We are happy to invite you to the 2025 #CASTAC Invited Lecture, featuring Syed Shoaib Ali from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, India).
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We are happy to invite you to the 2025 #CASTAC Invited Lecture, featuring Syed Shoaib Ali from the Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi, India).
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
📅 When? December 10, 2025. 9:30–11:00 AM EST (20:00–21:30 IST)
📍 Where? Online (Zoom)
✏️ How to join? castacinvitedlecture.eventbrite.com
CASTAC's web server is experiencing an outage due to a known issue. A planned migration will begin tomorrow to resolve the issue. All CASTAC services are affected, including CASTAC emails 📣
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
CASTAC's web server is experiencing an outage due to a known issue. A planned migration will begin tomorrow to resolve the issue. All CASTAC services are affected, including CASTAC emails 📣