Chanelle Adams
@chanelle.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Phd in Geography from Univ. of Lausanne
Healing plants, history, and ghosts
chanelleadams.info
Phd in Geography from Univ. of Lausanne
Healing plants, history, and ghosts
chanelleadams.info
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André 3000 noted that OutKast started in a little room. Like he said, “Great things start in little rooms.”
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
André 3000 noted that OutKast started in a little room. Like he said, “Great things start in little rooms.”
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“The rich archival collections of Ajami literature refute the pervasive myth of Africa’s supposed illiteracy that is perpetuated by the overemphasis on African oral traditions in academia and the privileging of external sources over local chronicles.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/theajami-s...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/theajami-s...
TheʿAjamī script of Africa and the Sorabé manuscripts of Madagascar.
The most widely used writing system in pre-colonial Africa was the ʿAjamī script.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“The rich archival collections of Ajami literature refute the pervasive myth of Africa’s supposed illiteracy that is perpetuated by the overemphasis on African oral traditions in academia and the privileging of external sources over local chronicles.”
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/theajami-s...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/theajami-s...
Life update: I am now Dr. Adams!
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Life update: I am now Dr. Adams!
interesting phd opportunity: "Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century"! www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.lse.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
interesting phd opportunity: "Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century"! www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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✊ À Madagascar, la jeunesse se soulève contre les pénuries et l’autoritarisme de Rajoelina
Face à cette mobilisation spontanée, le pouvoir malgache a répondu par la répression et l’instauration d’un couvre-feu.
Face à cette mobilisation spontanée, le pouvoir malgache a répondu par la répression et l’instauration d’un couvre-feu.
À Madagascar, la jeunesse se soulève contre les pénuries et l'autoritarisme de Rajoelina
Jeudi 25 septembre, des milliers de jeunes sont descendus dans les rues d'Antananarivo pour dénoncer les coupures d'eau et d'électricité, mais aussi plus largement l'injustice sociale, la corruption…
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September 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
✊ À Madagascar, la jeunesse se soulève contre les pénuries et l’autoritarisme de Rajoelina
Face à cette mobilisation spontanée, le pouvoir malgache a répondu par la répression et l’instauration d’un couvre-feu.
Face à cette mobilisation spontanée, le pouvoir malgache a répondu par la répression et l’instauration d’un couvre-feu.
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Police fired teargas to disperse the thousands of mostly youth protesters who were marching in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, denouncing the government and demanding restoration of reliable water and electricity across the country.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Curfew declared in Madagascar capital after violent protests
Authorities in Madagascar on Thursday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, after protests over frequent power outages and water shortages turned violent, according to a top security official.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Police fired teargas to disperse the thousands of mostly youth protesters who were marching in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, denouncing the government and demanding restoration of reliable water and electricity across the country.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
the hands behind AI
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
the hands behind AI
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Protests are taking place in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar 🇲🇬, after worsening water shortages and frequent power cuts.
Authorities banned public gatherings, but many people still came out to demonstrate.
Authorities banned public gatherings, but many people still came out to demonstrate.
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Protests are taking place in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar 🇲🇬, after worsening water shortages and frequent power cuts.
Authorities banned public gatherings, but many people still came out to demonstrate.
Authorities banned public gatherings, but many people still came out to demonstrate.
How I wake up every day
August 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
How I wake up every day
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Madagascar : la France restitue trois crânes sakalava, ce qu'il faut savoir
Madagascar : la France restitue trois crânes sakalava, ce qu'il faut savoir
La France a restitué mardi à Madagascar trois crânes datant de l'époque coloniale, dont l'un attribué à un roi malgache décapité par l'armée française lors d'un massacre à la fin du XIXe siècle. Les précisions de Klara Boyer-Rossol, historienne, spécialiste de Madagascar.
www.france24.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Madagascar : la France restitue trois crânes sakalava, ce qu'il faut savoir
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Madagascar: le crâne du roi sakalava sera restitué par la France le 26 août
Madagascar: le crâne du roi sakalava sera restitué par la France le 26 août
C’est l’aboutissement d’un long processus politique et mémoriel : mardi 26 août 2025, la France restituera officiellement à Madagascar trois crânes sakalava. Parmi ces restes humains se trouve le crâne présumé du roi Toera, décapité par les troupes coloniales françaises en 1897. Après leur transfert à Antananarivo, les reliques doivent être acheminées dans la région du Menabe, dans l’ouest de Madagascar.
www.rfi.fr
August 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Madagascar: le crâne du roi sakalava sera restitué par la France le 26 août
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Join us tomorrow at #mmea @chstmorg for a talk by Chanelle Adams (University of Lausanne): Volatile Oils: 'Wellness', Political Power, and the Market for Ravintsara Essential Oil in Madagascar at 10am Philadelphia, 3pm London, 4pm Berlin time: free online, all welcome! www.chstm.org/content/plan...
April 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Join us tomorrow at #mmea @chstmorg for a talk by Chanelle Adams (University of Lausanne): Volatile Oils: 'Wellness', Political Power, and the Market for Ravintsara Essential Oil in Madagascar at 10am Philadelphia, 3pm London, 4pm Berlin time: free online, all welcome! www.chstm.org/content/plan...
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Sammy Baloji's present work, 'Shinkolobwe’s Abstraction' (with Pedro Monaville), links the Belgian uranium extraction in Katanga to the 1945 US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. The introductory text was written by Oliver Fuke for a recent exhibition at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art (2024).
August 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sammy Baloji's present work, 'Shinkolobwe’s Abstraction' (with Pedro Monaville), links the Belgian uranium extraction in Katanga to the 1945 US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. The introductory text was written by Oliver Fuke for a recent exhibition at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art (2024).
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A new episode of the Black Autonomy podcast is up! Learn more about the release of JoNina Abron-Ervin's book, Driven by the Movement. This was three decades in the making for the last editor of the Black Panther Party newspaper.
blackautonomy.libsyn.com/driven-by-th...
blackautonomy.libsyn.com/driven-by-th...
Black Autonomy Podcast: Driven by the Movement: Exploring JoNina Abron-Ervin's Three Decade Project
Co-host Lorenzo Komboa Ervin interviews JoNina Abron-Ervin about her new book Driven by the Movement, which collects the stories of twenty rank-and-file people in the Black liberation struggle between...
blackautonomy.libsyn.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A new episode of the Black Autonomy podcast is up! Learn more about the release of JoNina Abron-Ervin's book, Driven by the Movement. This was three decades in the making for the last editor of the Black Panther Party newspaper.
blackautonomy.libsyn.com/driven-by-th...
blackautonomy.libsyn.com/driven-by-th...
Honored to receive the 2025 bristol-bern prize for public environmental history from @eseh.bsky.social ! #ESEH2025
August 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Honored to receive the 2025 bristol-bern prize for public environmental history from @eseh.bsky.social ! #ESEH2025
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The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The only thing I can say about this paragraph is read it. Sit with it. Read it again. @michaelharriot.bsky.social
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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Media is straight up refusing to cover any of the protests, and actively misreporting the basics of the law-breaking across the administration. Normal people who just casually pass by a few minutes of CNN in a week haven't heard *anything* about the worst attack on government since the Civil War.
These numbers suggest the media is failing to explain what's actually happening to the public.
New @nbcnews.com poll
Trump approval rating: 47/51
ISSUE BREAKDOWN
Border security/immigration 55/43
Foreign policy 45/53
Economy 44/54
Inflation/cost of living 42/55
Russia-Ukraine war 42/55
(NOTE: Trump economy disapproval is at an all-time high; it never reached 50% in 1st term)
Trump approval rating: 47/51
ISSUE BREAKDOWN
Border security/immigration 55/43
Foreign policy 45/53
Economy 44/54
Inflation/cost of living 42/55
Russia-Ukraine war 42/55
(NOTE: Trump economy disapproval is at an all-time high; it never reached 50% in 1st term)
March 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Media is straight up refusing to cover any of the protests, and actively misreporting the basics of the law-breaking across the administration. Normal people who just casually pass by a few minutes of CNN in a week haven't heard *anything* about the worst attack on government since the Civil War.
“For the first time we will be offering Black undergraduate students from universities across the UK the opportunity to undertake a research experience placement at a UK university or research institution of their choice.” blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
Black in Plant Science Summer Studentship 2025 – Black in Plant Science
blackinplantscience.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“For the first time we will be offering Black undergraduate students from universities across the UK the opportunity to undertake a research experience placement at a UK university or research institution of their choice.” blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
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Does anyone have the original paper that the "80% of words biodiversity is protected by Indigenous people" statement comes from? This is the paper that describes how that is wrong... I'm looking for the *original* paper that everyone was pulling the stat comes from.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories
A much-cited statistic about how much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported — and could harm the cause it is meant to support.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Does anyone have the original paper that the "80% of words biodiversity is protected by Indigenous people" statement comes from? This is the paper that describes how that is wrong... I'm looking for the *original* paper that everyone was pulling the stat comes from.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Micheline Ravololonarisoa discusses the history of Madagascar, French colonialism and the remarkable student movement in 1972 of which she was among the leadership. Available in EN, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT and AR.
The struggle in Madagascar – an interview with Micheline Ravololonarisoa
Micheline Ravololonarisoa reflects on her politicization through Madagascar’s student movements.
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January 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Micheline Ravololonarisoa discusses the history of Madagascar, French colonialism and the remarkable student movement in 1972 of which she was among the leadership. Available in EN, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT and AR.
« The story of the 11,000-hectare project by Tozzi Green, accused by the community of stealing the land and destroying the local economy. »
Dall’Emilia-Romagna fino in Madagascar per i crediti di carbonio. Storia del progetto da 11mila ettari di Tozzi Green, accusata dalla comunità di aver rubato la terra e distrutto l’economia locale.
Leggi l’inchiesta scritta da Lova Andrianaivomanana, Sara Manisera e Daniela Sala
Leggi l’inchiesta scritta da Lova Andrianaivomanana, Sara Manisera e Daniela Sala
Gli alberi della discordia
Dall’Emilia-Romagna fino in Madagascar per i crediti di carbonio. Storia del progetto da 11mila ettari di Tozzi Green, accusata dalla comunità di aver rubato la terra e distrutto l’economia locale
irpimedia.irpi.eu
December 14, 2024 at 10:04 AM
« The story of the 11,000-hectare project by Tozzi Green, accused by the community of stealing the land and destroying the local economy. »
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All this talk about snitching, but consider how content creation, seeking engagement, and speculating on social media can function as independent investigations (intentionally or not) and aid the police narratively, materially, or otherwise.
December 10, 2024 at 8:41 PM
All this talk about snitching, but consider how content creation, seeking engagement, and speculating on social media can function as independent investigations (intentionally or not) and aid the police narratively, materially, or otherwise.