oralhistory (formerly @notoralhistory)
@oralhistory.bsky.social
Formerly @notoralhistory on Twitter, but now fully oralhistory.
Scholar of Oral History, Anthropology, Folklore, Critical Disability Studies #disabilityanthropology
https://www.tumblr.com/oral-history
Scholar of Oral History, Anthropology, Folklore, Critical Disability Studies #disabilityanthropology
https://www.tumblr.com/oral-history
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Once you have called disabled people a burden, you have facilitated the devaluation, dehumanization and death of disabled people.
October 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Once you have called disabled people a burden, you have facilitated the devaluation, dehumanization and death of disabled people.
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💻 Explore the Toolkit: CRDJustice.org/DCLS
📚 Need an access copy of the article? Email crdj@law.northwestern.edu [3/3]#DisCriti#DisabilityJusticec#CriticalRaceTheoryry
📚 Need an access copy of the article? Email crdj@law.northwestern.edu [3/3]#DisCriti#DisabilityJusticec#CriticalRaceTheoryry
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
💻 Explore the Toolkit: CRDJustice.org/DCLS
📚 Need an access copy of the article? Email crdj@law.northwestern.edu [3/3]#DisCriti#DisabilityJusticec#CriticalRaceTheoryry
📚 Need an access copy of the article? Email crdj@law.northwestern.edu [3/3]#DisCriti#DisabilityJusticec#CriticalRaceTheoryry
Incredibly important article by @juliametraux.bsky.social: Reproductive autonomy is a disability justice and reproductive justice issue
"Through a reproductive justice lens—which demands attention to the social, political, and economic conditions that shape reproductive decision-making—we can better understand why abortion access is fundamentally a disability rights issue." www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/...
Dobbs, Disability, and the Assault on Reproductive Autonomy
The Dobbs decision compounds historical reproductive injustices against disabled people, connecting modern abortion restrictions to the eugenic legacy of Buck v. Bell.
www.americanbar.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Incredibly important article by @juliametraux.bsky.social: Reproductive autonomy is a disability justice and reproductive justice issue
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So proud of my friend @colinkillick.bsky.social resisting RFK's ableist, eugenic bullshit on national news! abcnews.go.com/US/video/aut...
Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study
Colin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy Network, joins ABC News Live to discuss how HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s comments about autistic people impact the community.
abcnews.go.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So proud of my friend @colinkillick.bsky.social resisting RFK's ableist, eugenic bullshit on national news! abcnews.go.com/US/video/aut...
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I'm really proud of Jason Chernesky for creating this oral history initiative with @oah.org We will need to understand the full ramifications of these months and these decisions 🗃️: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t.
An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm really proud of Jason Chernesky for creating this oral history initiative with @oah.org We will need to understand the full ramifications of these months and these decisions 🗃️: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
AAHM member Jason Chernesky was recently fired by Elon Musk's DOGE, but is now turning his skills to documenting our current moment with an oral history project open to any and all federal workers and contractors.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t.
An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Opportunity to join the editorial board of Oral History, working with me on the Public History section. Full details here, please share! www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
Oral History Journal: Public History Editor - Oral History Society
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO JOIN THE EDITORIAL TEAM AS AN EDITOR OF THE PUBLIC HISTORY SECTION Oral History has included a separate section on the making, doing and presenting of oral hi...
www.ohs.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Opportunity to join the editorial board of Oral History, working with me on the Public History section. Full details here, please share! www.ohs.org.uk/volunteering...
Include your memories, songs, photographs, etc. of Jonathan Sterne in #SCMS25 - details below. Thank you @askjerseth.bsky.social
As part of the tribute to Jonathan Sterne in #SCMS25 session L6 (formerly “Rewinding Tape Across Media"), I invite everyone to send in a memory, photo, song, etc., that you associate with Jonathan. I’ll display the slides at L6 and share them virtually. Email amy(dot)skjerseth*at*ucr(dot)edu by 4/3.
It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Jonathan Sterne, an extraordinary scholar whose groundbreaking work transformed the fields of sound studies, media theory, and the cultural study of technology.
April 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Include your memories, songs, photographs, etc. of Jonathan Sterne in #SCMS25 - details below. Thank you @askjerseth.bsky.social
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It is with great sadness that I learned that Devva Kasnitz has past away. She was a disability champion and anthropologist extraordinaire. Devva, you were the first disabled anthropologist I had ever met (aside from myself) and a true friend and role model. I will miss you more than you can know.
January 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It is with great sadness that I learned that Devva Kasnitz has past away. She was a disability champion and anthropologist extraordinaire. Devva, you were the first disabled anthropologist I had ever met (aside from myself) and a true friend and role model. I will miss you more than you can know.
#DisabilityAnthropology folks: this Wednesday, a panel on "Cripping Ethnography" with @erindurban.bsky.social @mirandadj.bsky.social @sumicol.bsky.social @kikiyates.bsky.social via Zoom! If you'd like to attend, please DM @erindurban.bsky.social for details.
Our “Cripping Ethnography: Disability Creativity and Ethnographic Research” panel with @sumicol.bsky.social, @mirandadj.bsky.social, @kikiyates.bsky.social, and Sailer will be available by Zoom next Wednesday at 9am Pacific/Noon Eastern. Send me a note if you want the link!
March 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#DisabilityAnthropology folks: this Wednesday, a panel on "Cripping Ethnography" with @erindurban.bsky.social @mirandadj.bsky.social @sumicol.bsky.social @kikiyates.bsky.social via Zoom! If you'd like to attend, please DM @erindurban.bsky.social for details.
Very sad to learn of this news.
Here's a more fulsome post from the Press. So sad.
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/f...
Farewell to Jonathan Sterne
We are very sad to learn of the death of communication scholar Jonathan Sterne, after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. Sterne was James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology at …
dukeupress.wordpress.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Very sad to learn of this news.
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I'm feeling heartbroken this morning after waking to the news that the brilliant Jonathan Sterne has passed. Even knowing he was sick, this is way too soon. We worked together on www.dukeupress.edu/the-audible-... a genius rethinking of what sound is & on the MP3 book. Field makers. A huge loss. RIP
www.dukeupress.edu
March 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm feeling heartbroken this morning after waking to the news that the brilliant Jonathan Sterne has passed. Even knowing he was sick, this is way too soon. We worked together on www.dukeupress.edu/the-audible-... a genius rethinking of what sound is & on the MP3 book. Field makers. A huge loss. RIP
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**Black UK PhD students**
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Black heritage PhD scholarships | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
We welcome applications for full scholarships to postgraduate research programmes starting in 2025.
www.bristol.ac.uk
December 8, 2024 at 5:55 PM
**Black UK PhD students**
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend
-Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
-Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
**Tell everyone**
www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Not only that, but I subscribe to the idea that we're disabled not due to anything we did or how we are, but because of a world that was built only with the able-bodied in mind.
I think the able-bodied hate the word "disabled" because it's a reminder that they built an ableist world.
I think the able-bodied hate the word "disabled" because it's a reminder that they built an ableist world.
December 8, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Not only that, but I subscribe to the idea that we're disabled not due to anything we did or how we are, but because of a world that was built only with the able-bodied in mind.
I think the able-bodied hate the word "disabled" because it's a reminder that they built an ableist world.
I think the able-bodied hate the word "disabled" because it's a reminder that they built an ableist world.
Thank you to @erindurban.bsky.social for this excellent starter pack of scholars & practitioners in disability anthropology and/or who are using ethnographic approaches to critical disability studies! #DisabilityAnthropology #CriticalDisabilityStudies
I’m sure there are more folks out there who I haven’t connected with yet in disability anthropology or who use ethnographic approaches to critical disability studies. Send me a note if you’d like to be added! ❤️
#disability #anthropology #ethnography
#CriticalDisabilityStudies
#disability #anthropology #ethnography
#CriticalDisabilityStudies
December 9, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Thank you to @erindurban.bsky.social for this excellent starter pack of scholars & practitioners in disability anthropology and/or who are using ethnographic approaches to critical disability studies! #DisabilityAnthropology #CriticalDisabilityStudies
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Today! The #MadStudiesSymposium! Already I feel so nourished by these opening remarks & the warmth of the chat conversations. You can register for the event & join us here: www.idha-nyc.org/mad-studies-...
Mad Studies Symposium — IDHA
www.idha-nyc.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Today! The #MadStudiesSymposium! Already I feel so nourished by these opening remarks & the warmth of the chat conversations. You can register for the event & join us here: www.idha-nyc.org/mad-studies-...
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The Oral History Network of Ireland has extended it's call for papers for it's 2024 conference until Friday April 5th. The conference will be held in Ulster University, Derry on June 21-22 and the conference theme is identity oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2024-confere... #OralHistory #IrishResearch
March 26, 2024 at 6:56 PM
The Oral History Network of Ireland has extended it's call for papers for it's 2024 conference until Friday April 5th. The conference will be held in Ulster University, Derry on June 21-22 and the conference theme is identity oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2024-confere... #OralHistory #IrishResearch
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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The new HIGHLY INVASIVE ad monitoring & selling framework is now live in Google Chrome & it's ON by default, so you MUST EXPLICITLY OPT OUT. We all know this is bad, but here's how to do it:
Settings>Privacy & Security>Ad Privacy, disable all 3 options: Ad Topics, Site-suggested Ads, Ad Measurement
Settings>Privacy & Security>Ad Privacy, disable all 3 options: Ad Topics, Site-suggested Ads, Ad Measurement
September 10, 2023 at 1:48 PM
The new HIGHLY INVASIVE ad monitoring & selling framework is now live in Google Chrome & it's ON by default, so you MUST EXPLICITLY OPT OUT. We all know this is bad, but here's how to do it:
Settings>Privacy & Security>Ad Privacy, disable all 3 options: Ad Topics, Site-suggested Ads, Ad Measurement
Settings>Privacy & Security>Ad Privacy, disable all 3 options: Ad Topics, Site-suggested Ads, Ad Measurement
appreciating this one
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
September 8, 2023 at 6:52 AM
appreciating this one
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Had enough of academic surveillance technologies?
You can sign:
“I will do everything in my power to obstruct, work against, and end academic surveillance technologies and their harm against students.”
It's the Pledge Against Academic Surveillance. pledge.againstsurveillance.net
You can sign:
“I will do everything in my power to obstruct, work against, and end academic surveillance technologies and their harm against students.”
It's the Pledge Against Academic Surveillance. pledge.againstsurveillance.net
August 24, 2023 at 3:28 AM
Had enough of academic surveillance technologies?
You can sign:
“I will do everything in my power to obstruct, work against, and end academic surveillance technologies and their harm against students.”
It's the Pledge Against Academic Surveillance. pledge.againstsurveillance.net
You can sign:
“I will do everything in my power to obstruct, work against, and end academic surveillance technologies and their harm against students.”
It's the Pledge Against Academic Surveillance. pledge.againstsurveillance.net
no thank you
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, plans to collect “user biometric data, job and school history”
X Plans to Collect User Biometric Data, Job and School History
X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric.
www.bloomberg.com
August 31, 2023 at 4:36 AM
no thank you