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Chakad Ojani
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Anthropologist of infrastructures, environmental anthropology, and STS | Stockholm University | http://chakadojani.com
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Earlier this year, Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Coincidentally, a few months earlier, I published an essay in which I draw an analogy between his film Taxi and ethnographic practice. (1/3)

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September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Earlier this year, Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Coincidentally, a few months earlier, I published an essay in which I draw an analogy between his film Taxi and ethnographic practice. (1/3)

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September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Some time ago, Ana Chiritoiu and I co-edited an SI on Anthropologies of Capture, in which we proposed capture as a generative anthropological analytic. Read our Introduction here and see if you're captivated (and remember, disagreement is also a form of capture!): doi.org/10.3167/sa.2... (1/6)
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September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Some time ago, Ana Chiritoiu and I co-edited an SI on Anthropologies of Capture, in which we proposed capture as a generative anthropological analytic. Read our Introduction here and see if you're captivated (and remember, disagreement is also a form of capture!): doi.org/10.3167/sa.2... (1/6)
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September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Great to see that my article on satellite miniaturization has found a home in the latest issue of American Anthropologist ⬇️
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Oh and feel free to drop me a message if you can't access the article!
I had a lot of fun writing this essay and hope you'll enjoy reading it: "Against traplessness: Disconnection and entrapment in multispecies science fiction," published with Configurations. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

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#Anthropocene #envhum #SF #STS
Project MUSE - Against Traplessness: Disconnection and Entrapment in Multispecies Science Fiction
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August 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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✨️✨️✨️ Folks, we have a contract!! Stay tuned for my upcoming book on fog capture in Peru (title TBD), which will be published open access with University of California Press ✨️✨️✨️
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Great to see that my article on satellite miniaturization has found a home in the latest issue of American Anthropologist ⬇️
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
✨️✨️✨️ Folks, we have a contract!! Stay tuned for my upcoming book on fog capture in Peru (title TBD), which will be published open access with University of California Press ✨️✨️✨️
August 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
August 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Oh and feel free to drop me a message if you can't access the article!
I had a lot of fun writing this essay and hope you'll enjoy reading it: "Against traplessness: Disconnection and entrapment in multispecies science fiction," published with Configurations. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

🔗 doi.org/10.1353/con....

#Anthropocene #envhum #SF #STS
Project MUSE - Against Traplessness: Disconnection and Entrapment in Multispecies Science Fiction
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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I had a lot of fun writing this essay and hope you'll enjoy reading it: "Against traplessness: Disconnection and entrapment in multispecies science fiction," published with Configurations. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

🔗 doi.org/10.1353/con....

#Anthropocene #envhum #SF #STS
Project MUSE - Against Traplessness: Disconnection and Entrapment in Multispecies Science Fiction
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I had a lot of fun writing this essay and hope you'll enjoy reading it: "Against traplessness: Disconnection and entrapment in multispecies science fiction," published with Configurations. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

🔗 doi.org/10.1353/con....

#Anthropocene #envhum #SF #STS
Project MUSE - Against Traplessness: Disconnection and Entrapment in Multispecies Science Fiction
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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🚨 New article! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

Configurations
Volume 33, Number 2, Spring 2025
tinyurl.com/4d8mwfzj

CONTRIBUTORS
Chakad Ojani
Tom Lin
Yoonsuh Kim
Dylan Davidson
Clarissa Chevalier
Maury Bruhn
Francis X. Altomare
Dorin Smith
Hannah Star Rogers
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 New article! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

bsky.app/profile/hopk...
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

Configurations
Volume 33, Number 2, Spring 2025
tinyurl.com/4d8mwfzj

CONTRIBUTORS
Chakad Ojani
Tom Lin
Yoonsuh Kim
Dylan Davidson
Clarissa Chevalier
Maury Bruhn
Francis X. Altomare
Dorin Smith
Hannah Star Rogers
August 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW

Configurations
Volume 33, Number 2, Spring 2025
tinyurl.com/4d8mwfzj

CONTRIBUTORS
Chakad Ojani
Tom Lin
Yoonsuh Kim
Dylan Davidson
Clarissa Chevalier
Maury Bruhn
Francis X. Altomare
Dorin Smith
Hannah Star Rogers
July 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The latest Open Access issue of Social Analysis has been published! Volume 68, issue 4: Anthropologies of Capture"

Guest edited by Ana Chiritoiu and @chakadojani.bsky.social

TOC and more here: mailchi.mp/berghahnbook... @socialanalysis.bsky.social
The latest Open Access issue of Social Analysis has been published!
The latest OPEN ACCESS issue of Social Analysis has been published!
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July 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The article is available open access online here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2...

The entirety of Social Analysis 68(4) is available here: www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Listing below 5 good reasons to read my new #anthropology article "People Capture" via @berghahnbooks.bsky.social journal @socialanalysis.bsky.social as ch.4 of issue 68(4) regarding "Anthropologies of Capture":

#STS #AcademicSky #Anthropology #NonFiction #Sustainability #Climate
New Special Issue: Anthropologies of Capture. Guest edited by Ana Chiritoiu and @chakadojani.bsky.social, with contributions by Judith Scheele, Sinan Jappan, Qing Shen, Sam Rumé, and @acorsin.bsky.social out with @socialanalysis.bsky.social www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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"Ethnographic Lessons from Experimental Filmmaking: Capture and Captivation in Contemporary Iranian Cinema" by Chakad Ojani
July 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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New Open Access issue of Social Analysis featuring an Introduction by Guest Ed Chakad Ojani! ⬇️
Our special issue on Anthropologies of Capture is finally here -- co-edited with Ana Chiritoiu and published with Social Analysis!! This issue has been a long time in the making, and I'm thrilled to see it out in the world.

Read the introduction here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2....
July 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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New Special Issue: Anthropologies of Capture. Guest edited by Ana Chiritoiu and @chakadojani.bsky.social, with contributions by Judith Scheele, Sinan Jappan, Qing Shen, Sam Rumé, and @acorsin.bsky.social out with @socialanalysis.bsky.social www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
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July 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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De un tiempo atrás el lenguaje de la "captura" se ha tornado uno de los metalenguajes preferidos del capitalismo: captura de datos, de la atención, de rentas... Este número especial de Social Analysis se acerca a las antropologías de la captura, con un trabajo mío sobre sus tecnologías axiales
Delighted to have this piece on "Capture and the Axial Technologies of Anthropology" included in @chakadojani.bsky.social & Ana Chiritou's mesmerizing special issue on Anthropologies of Capture out in @socialanalysis.bsky.social today!

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July 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Our special issue on Anthropologies of Capture is finally here -- co-edited with Ana Chiritoiu and published with Social Analysis!! This issue has been a long time in the making, and I'm thrilled to see it out in the world.

Read the introduction here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2....
July 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Our special issue on Anthropologies of Capture is finally here -- co-edited with Ana Chiritoiu and published with Social Analysis!! This issue has been a long time in the making, and I'm thrilled to see it out in the world.

Read the introduction here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2....
July 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM