Elliott Prasse-Freeman
@epf.bsky.social
anthropologist at NUS | editing at Anthropological Theory [@anthrotheory.bsky.social] with focus on new short-form theory space ATC | Burma Studies knowledge mgmt https://burmastudiesgroup.com/ | editing at Humanity | newish book: Rights Refused
And now a review of it: ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktim...
October 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
And now a review of it: ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktim...
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Matan Kaminer provides a personal review of Balthasar's "Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left," a book that feels particularly vital given the "genocide in Palestine... and supercharged McCarthyism in the US."
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
An Account of Ourselves
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October 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Matan Kaminer provides a personal review of Balthasar's "Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left," a book that feels particularly vital given the "genocide in Palestine... and supercharged McCarthyism in the US."
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
www.at-commons.com/pub/c058ru1q...
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📢 Don't miss the next Book Launch @ SEA Junction!
Global Battlefields: Memoirs of a Global Activist by Walden Bello.
🗓 24 Sept 2025 | 🕠 5:30–7:00 PM | 📍 BACC, Bangkok
More info at: seajunction.org/event/book-l...
#GlobalSouth #BookLaunch #Memoirs
Global Battlefields: Memoirs of a Global Activist by Walden Bello.
🗓 24 Sept 2025 | 🕠 5:30–7:00 PM | 📍 BACC, Bangkok
More info at: seajunction.org/event/book-l...
#GlobalSouth #BookLaunch #Memoirs
September 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
📢 Don't miss the next Book Launch @ SEA Junction!
Global Battlefields: Memoirs of a Global Activist by Walden Bello.
🗓 24 Sept 2025 | 🕠 5:30–7:00 PM | 📍 BACC, Bangkok
More info at: seajunction.org/event/book-l...
#GlobalSouth #BookLaunch #Memoirs
Global Battlefields: Memoirs of a Global Activist by Walden Bello.
🗓 24 Sept 2025 | 🕠 5:30–7:00 PM | 📍 BACC, Bangkok
More info at: seajunction.org/event/book-l...
#GlobalSouth #BookLaunch #Memoirs
Excited to dig into this one! Congrats to FB
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Excited to dig into this one! Congrats to FB
this is particularly interesting essay for me, as I found in my fieldwork in Myanmar that people tend to talk about "rights", if they do at all, in fundamentally different ways than ppl do in Anglo-American contexts, and that this difference pivots on alienability [1/3]
In ATC, Adrienne Cohen considers how conceptions of inalienability - what parts of you can you never lose, can you never give away? - are fundamental for understanding various human conceptions of personhood.
www.at-commons.com/pub/8wem4ske...
www.at-commons.com/pub/8wem4ske...
What Constitutes a Person? Inalienability, Value, and Personhood in Anthropological Theory
www.at-commons.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is particularly interesting essay for me, as I found in my fieldwork in Myanmar that people tend to talk about "rights", if they do at all, in fundamentally different ways than ppl do in Anglo-American contexts, and that this difference pivots on alienability [1/3]
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today in Ghostly Lessons we have two contributions considering the treatment of human remains:
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
August 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
today in Ghostly Lessons we have two contributions considering the treatment of human remains:
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
* Thiago Barbosa and Amanda Domingues on human remains identification methods www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
* Trevor Engel on how museums hold bodies www.at-commons.com/pub/bi2wxnk4...
The many authors of this forum have worked very hard to generate important insights into the very hot topic of haunting (and, tbc, they developed it well before AAA announced haunting would be this year’s meeting theme)
we are thrilled to announce Ghostly Lessons, a new special Theory Forum at ATC, edited by Emma Kowal and Amanda Domingues. Their intro is here www.at-commons.com/pub/k3r17d8f... and keep checking our @ as the entire Forum will be rolled out in the next two weeks here: www.at-commons.com/ghosts
Ghosts · Anthropological Theory
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August 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The many authors of this forum have worked very hard to generate important insights into the very hot topic of haunting (and, tbc, they developed it well before AAA announced haunting would be this year’s meeting theme)
I comment here on the USA's ambiguous relationship with Myanmar (and the so-called developing world) more generally, including: "As the US continues to fund and support Israel’s genocide in Gaza today, it seems nothing less than absurd to recommend more US engagement in places around the world."
After the earthquake in Myanmar, China may be filling a role once occupied by USAID, writes Miranda Wilson. However, while humanitarian aid is welcome, China's aid regime may be as much about buying influence as America's.
@hmarston.bsky.social @epf.bsky.social
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Dark Side of the Moon
China-Myanmar Relations Amidst U.S. Retreat
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June 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I comment here on the USA's ambiguous relationship with Myanmar (and the so-called developing world) more generally, including: "As the US continues to fund and support Israel’s genocide in Gaza today, it seems nothing less than absurd to recommend more US engagement in places around the world."
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‼️❗️ Deadline is approaching❗️
If your group or organization is working for earthquake affected areas of Myanmar , please try to apply these small grant proposal.
Deadline -30 May 2025
Submit to info@seajunction.org
Please read eligibilities &priorities➡️ seajunction.org/small-grant-...
If your group or organization is working for earthquake affected areas of Myanmar , please try to apply these small grant proposal.
Deadline -30 May 2025
Submit to info@seajunction.org
Please read eligibilities &priorities➡️ seajunction.org/small-grant-...
May 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
‼️❗️ Deadline is approaching❗️
If your group or organization is working for earthquake affected areas of Myanmar , please try to apply these small grant proposal.
Deadline -30 May 2025
Submit to info@seajunction.org
Please read eligibilities &priorities➡️ seajunction.org/small-grant-...
If your group or organization is working for earthquake affected areas of Myanmar , please try to apply these small grant proposal.
Deadline -30 May 2025
Submit to info@seajunction.org
Please read eligibilities &priorities➡️ seajunction.org/small-grant-...
AI here thinking that I run an inter generational hardware store in Duluth with my non existent male progeny
May 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AI here thinking that I run an inter generational hardware store in Duluth with my non existent male progeny
watch Dunn's genius here. He digs to help so must recover - which means Murray's about to dust him. But watch what he does next: He’s about to do a spin move to recover as JM drives, but then JM anticipates and steps back + so Dunn never flips his hips! He's playing d with his back to the player!
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
watch Dunn's genius here. He digs to help so must recover - which means Murray's about to dust him. But watch what he does next: He’s about to do a spin move to recover as JM drives, but then JM anticipates and steps back + so Dunn never flips his hips! He's playing d with his back to the player!
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Dallas crowd during Luka's return: managed to pull off a celebration of their guy AND a biting condemnation of their betrayer (the regime who traded him). The love displayed in the former helped leaven the anger, producing something kinda lovely (or at least it seemed so on TV)
April 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Dallas crowd during Luka's return: managed to pull off a celebration of their guy AND a biting condemnation of their betrayer (the regime who traded him). The love displayed in the former helped leaven the anger, producing something kinda lovely (or at least it seemed so on TV)
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Oh hey it’s RELEASE DAY for “Bangkok After Dark,” my new book! It’s a heck of a thing to hold a physical copy. It’s hard to talk about it without getting overwhelmed. I hope you will really like it and enjoy learning about the history of Thai-US nightlife encounters during the Vietnam War.
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Depending on how this was edited, at the end you can hear the interview get interrupted by a student occupation of the university building I was in there in Paris. Apropos, given the book’s topic.
New listening: @epf.bsky.social spoke about his book Rights Refused on the Southeast Asia Crossroads podcast. #ReadUP
Rights Refused: Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar with Dr. Eliott Prasse Freeman
Dr. Eliott Prasse Freeman sits down to discuss his new book: “Rights Refused Grassroots Activism and State Violence in Myanmar.” The discussion focuses on the evolution of the concept of human rights,
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April 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Depending on how this was edited, at the end you can hear the interview get interrupted by a student occupation of the university building I was in there in Paris. Apropos, given the book’s topic.
For helping Mandalay earthquake, check this vetted and pretty comprehensive list: karenvinalay.notion.site/Myanmar-dona...
Myanmar donation links (updated 1 April 2025) | Notion
This list is collated and vetted by Karen Vinalay
karenvinalay.notion.site
April 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For helping Mandalay earthquake, check this vetted and pretty comprehensive list: karenvinalay.notion.site/Myanmar-dona...
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I’ve taught college for 30 years so I am confident saying that the students being abducted by ICE from our campuses are our best. They are the ones we stay up late for, writing elaborate comments on their brilliant work, hoping they will feel our respect and gratitude
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I’ve taught college for 30 years so I am confident saying that the students being abducted by ICE from our campuses are our best. They are the ones we stay up late for, writing elaborate comments on their brilliant work, hoping they will feel our respect and gratitude
Cannot emphasize this enuf
All the legacy media writing about Columbia “yielding” or “capitulating” to the Feds like it’s some passive damsel in a softcore bodice-ripper but that really does not do justice to how enthusiastically that university is riding at the moment, I fear.
March 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Cannot emphasize this enuf
academics right now?
March 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
academics right now?
re-upping this, for your reconsideration.
some titles to consider:
Future of Revolution: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646905...
Cybernetic Capitalism: www.fordhampress.com/978153150893...
Massumi's new one: buff.ly/42wmnUx
Ranciere: www.wiley.com/en-sg/Uncert...
on Extinction: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Future of Revolution: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646905...
Cybernetic Capitalism: www.fordhampress.com/978153150893...
Massumi's new one: buff.ly/42wmnUx
Ranciere: www.wiley.com/en-sg/Uncert...
on Extinction: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
March 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
re-upping this, for your reconsideration.
i really like how Mattingly stresses the dialectical negotiation between abstraction and ethnography as imperative for making anthropological theory.
AT author Cheryl Mattingly reflects on how she does theory
www.at-commons.com/pub/pcmcrp4w..., examining how anthro takes on phenomenology can assist in grasping how we think about stigma and disability. Her interview continues our series with AT authors, see here: www.at-commons.com/interviews
www.at-commons.com/pub/pcmcrp4w..., examining how anthro takes on phenomenology can assist in grasping how we think about stigma and disability. Her interview continues our series with AT authors, see here: www.at-commons.com/interviews
Errant phenomenology: an interview with Cheryl Mattingly
www.at-commons.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i really like how Mattingly stresses the dialectical negotiation between abstraction and ethnography as imperative for making anthropological theory.
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Long, very interesting (and informative) interview with two members of the Endnotes collective about the history of the journal:
chuangcn.org/2025/02/neit...
chuangcn.org/2025/02/neit...
chuangcn.org
February 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Long, very interesting (and informative) interview with two members of the Endnotes collective about the history of the journal:
chuangcn.org/2025/02/neit...
chuangcn.org/2025/02/neit...
some titles to consider:
Future of Revolution: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646905...
Cybernetic Capitalism: www.fordhampress.com/978153150893...
Massumi's new one: buff.ly/42wmnUx
Ranciere: www.wiley.com/en-sg/Uncert...
on Extinction: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Future of Revolution: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646905...
Cybernetic Capitalism: www.fordhampress.com/978153150893...
Massumi's new one: buff.ly/42wmnUx
Ranciere: www.wiley.com/en-sg/Uncert...
on Extinction: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
February 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
some titles to consider:
Future of Revolution: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646905...
Cybernetic Capitalism: www.fordhampress.com/978153150893...
Massumi's new one: buff.ly/42wmnUx
Ranciere: www.wiley.com/en-sg/Uncert...
on Extinction: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Future of Revolution: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646905...
Cybernetic Capitalism: www.fordhampress.com/978153150893...
Massumi's new one: buff.ly/42wmnUx
Ranciere: www.wiley.com/en-sg/Uncert...
on Extinction: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
