Kregg Hetherington
@krether.bsky.social
Environmental anthropologist and director of the Concordia Ethnography Lab. Latest book: The Government of Beans: Regulating Life in the Age of Monocrops.
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If a social media addicted billionaire says “The left is the party murder,” it’s an indisputable fact.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left
If a Democratic lawmaker and her husband are gunned down, it’s an isolated incident carried out by a lone wolf. If a right-wing activist is gunned ...
buff.ly
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If a social media addicted billionaire says “The left is the party murder,” it’s an indisputable fact.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
If a think tank founded by the Koch brothers concludes that right-wing terrorism is responsible for far more deaths than left-wing terrorism, they were just cherry-picking.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Judith Butler's response to their name being turned over to the federal government by UC Berkeley as part of a Trump administration antisemitism investigation is well worth reading: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Kafka-land at UC Berkeley
The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.
www.thenation.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Judith Butler's response to their name being turned over to the federal government by UC Berkeley as part of a Trump administration antisemitism investigation is well worth reading: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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📒[Cluster Article] in Tapuya Vol. 7
Read “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜
By Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social
At 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
Read “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜
By Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social
At 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
March 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📒[Cluster Article] in Tapuya Vol. 7
Read “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜
By Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social
At 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
Read “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜
By Kregg Hetherington @krether.bsky.social
At 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
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A huge loss for us all. An important voice on the political economy and power of inequality falls silent.
James Ferguson, professor of anthropology and former department chair, dies at 65
James “Jim” Ferguson played a pivotal roles in the department's history and will be remembered for his remarkable character, kindness and contributions to the field.
stanforddaily.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A huge loss for us all. An important voice on the political economy and power of inequality falls silent.
So happy to share our recent bilingual series with Cultural Anthropology on "Rethinking Facts from Latin America." Thanks for valiant co-editors @aballes2.bsky.social and @edenmedina.bsky.social, and our partners over at @tapuya.org @vivavivette.bsky.social.
Necessary but Never Sufficient: Rethinking Facts from Latin America
This collection is a reflection on the changing nature of facts, written by authors who do their thinking from Latin America. Conceived during a ...
culanth.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So happy to share our recent bilingual series with Cultural Anthropology on "Rethinking Facts from Latin America." Thanks for valiant co-editors @aballes2.bsky.social and @edenmedina.bsky.social, and our partners over at @tapuya.org @vivavivette.bsky.social.
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⭐ Cluster Introduction "Los hechos nunca andan solos: The Future of Facts in Latin America"
by Andrea Ballestero, Kregg Hetherington & Eden Medina
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2421655
#FutureofFacts #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
@aballes2.bsky.social @krether.bsky.social @edenmedina.bsky.social
by Andrea Ballestero, Kregg Hetherington & Eden Medina
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2421655
#FutureofFacts #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
@aballes2.bsky.social @krether.bsky.social @edenmedina.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 7:15 PM
⭐ Cluster Introduction "Los hechos nunca andan solos: The Future of Facts in Latin America"
by Andrea Ballestero, Kregg Hetherington & Eden Medina
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2421655
#FutureofFacts #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
@aballes2.bsky.social @krether.bsky.social @edenmedina.bsky.social
by Andrea Ballestero, Kregg Hetherington & Eden Medina
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2421655
#FutureofFacts #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
@aballes2.bsky.social @krether.bsky.social @edenmedina.bsky.social
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Cluster Article “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜
By Kregg Hetherington (@krether.bsky.social)
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
By Kregg Hetherington (@krether.bsky.social)
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
December 16, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Cluster Article “The patent and the freezer: putting agrarian facts in their place”🌽🚜
By Kregg Hetherington (@krether.bsky.social)
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
By Kregg Hetherington (@krether.bsky.social)
Read at 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2024.2363093
#GreenRevolution #facticity #conservation #infrastructure #AgrarianScience #OpenAccess #Tapuya7
Tomorrow at EHESS Raspail, with Birgit Muller, Le lien alimentaire: la gouvernance des semences au Paraguay et au Canada. Rm AS1_23
December 15, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Tomorrow at EHESS Raspail, with Birgit Muller, Le lien alimentaire: la gouvernance des semences au Paraguay et au Canada. Rm AS1_23
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‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina
One year into Javier Milei’s presidency, scientists are exiting the country in the face of big budget cuts.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:46 PM
‘There will be nothing left’: researchers fear collapse of science in Argentina www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Check out this special issue of Tapuya! Edited by @aballes2.bsky.social, @edenmedina.bsky.social and myself, along with a bunch of fabulous contributors.
Publications – Future of Facts in Latin America
sites.usc.edu
December 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Check out this special issue of Tapuya! Edited by @aballes2.bsky.social, @edenmedina.bsky.social and myself, along with a bunch of fabulous contributors.
À Paris vendredi!
December 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
À Paris vendredi!
This great conversation I had with Sophie Chao about our respective plantation books is now up on ESTS. Thanks to Sophie for leading the chat and seeing this publication through!
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estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
Storying Monocrop Infrastructure: A Conversation on Governance, Scale, and Failure
| Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
estsjournal.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:52 PM
This great conversation I had with Sophie Chao about our respective plantation books is now up on ESTS. Thanks to Sophie for leading the chat and seeing this publication through!
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
Finding you all in here is an unexpected gulp of fresh air!
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Finding you all in here is an unexpected gulp of fresh air!