Veit Braun
@toteraltermann.bsky.social
Property, biology & stuff. All opinions someone else's.
Out now: AT THE END OF PROPERTY @BrisUniPress.bsky.social
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/at-the-end-of-property
Out now: AT THE END OF PROPERTY @BrisUniPress.bsky.social
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/at-the-end-of-property
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Veit Braun
@toteraltermann.bsky.social
· Sep 27
More and Less: Mutable Economies of Nitrogen I
An open-access grant application in German and English
wondrousmachine.substack.com
Some of you will know that I recently got funding for a project on Nitrogen in society. I am here making my application accessible for others who are thinking about applying for funding—plus some background on the funding programme and a few tips.
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/more-and-l...
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/more-and-l...
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imagine having to write down 'billie eilish's theory of property' and then think of yourself as a serious person afterwards
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
imagine having to write down 'billie eilish's theory of property' and then think of yourself as a serious person afterwards
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Ich probiere eine neue Rubrik für @nd-aktuell.de: In „Buch der Stunde“ geht es um Titel, die Aufklärung versprechen, und die Frage, wie viel sie davon halten.
Dafür habe ich Hochschilds „Geraubter Stolz“ gelesen, das mich an Kracauers Diagnose vom „Hunger nach Unmittelbarkeit“ erinnerte..
Dafür habe ich Hochschilds „Geraubter Stolz“ gelesen, das mich an Kracauers Diagnose vom „Hunger nach Unmittelbarkeit“ erinnerte..
Hundert Krisenansichten
Arlie Russell Hochschilds »Geraubter Stolz« gilt als Geheimtipp unter den Studien zum Rechtsruck. Was erklärt die soziologische Nahaufnahme des weißen, ländlichen Arbeitermilieus in Amerika?
www.nd-aktuell.de
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Ich probiere eine neue Rubrik für @nd-aktuell.de: In „Buch der Stunde“ geht es um Titel, die Aufklärung versprechen, und die Frage, wie viel sie davon halten.
Dafür habe ich Hochschilds „Geraubter Stolz“ gelesen, das mich an Kracauers Diagnose vom „Hunger nach Unmittelbarkeit“ erinnerte..
Dafür habe ich Hochschilds „Geraubter Stolz“ gelesen, das mich an Kracauers Diagnose vom „Hunger nach Unmittelbarkeit“ erinnerte..
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📢📢📢 New Commentary Alert 📢📢📢
Veit Braun's 'What does it mean to have a home?' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View.
Veit Braun's 'What does it mean to have a home?' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View.
American Ethnologist | AAA Ethnology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the article title to read more.
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
📢📢📢 New Commentary Alert 📢📢📢
Veit Braun's 'What does it mean to have a home?' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View.
Veit Braun's 'What does it mean to have a home?' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View.
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In Anbetracht der ökologischen und gesellschaftlichen Krisen der Gegenwart will Oliver Schlaudt die Wirtschaftswissenschaften neu aufstellen. Rezensent Hanno Pahl lobt den theoretischen, epistemischen und didaktischen Gehalt von „Wirtschaft im Anthropozän“:
www.soziopolis.de/gegen-die-oe...
www.soziopolis.de/gegen-die-oe...
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
In Anbetracht der ökologischen und gesellschaftlichen Krisen der Gegenwart will Oliver Schlaudt die Wirtschaftswissenschaften neu aufstellen. Rezensent Hanno Pahl lobt den theoretischen, epistemischen und didaktischen Gehalt von „Wirtschaft im Anthropozän“:
www.soziopolis.de/gegen-die-oe...
www.soziopolis.de/gegen-die-oe...
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Stephen Turner has a funny line in his critique of "practices" (big idea in sociology - unarticulated, habitual "rules" we follow that make us behave alike socially):
After showing they don't match learning theory he asked what orifice they entered the brain through if it wasn't the eye or the ear
After showing they don't match learning theory he asked what orifice they entered the brain through if it wasn't the eye or the ear
February 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Stephen Turner has a funny line in his critique of "practices" (big idea in sociology - unarticulated, habitual "rules" we follow that make us behave alike socially):
After showing they don't match learning theory he asked what orifice they entered the brain through if it wasn't the eye or the ear
After showing they don't match learning theory he asked what orifice they entered the brain through if it wasn't the eye or the ear
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Now properly published in AI & Society vol. 41 - my ethnography on a social field that was among the first to be revolutionized by superhuman AI: professional chess. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When machines take over: professional chess as a model case for the societal impact of superhuman AI - AI & SOCIETY
Once emblematic of human intellectual mastery, chess has become a domain where machines not only surpass human ability but fundamentally reshape the practice’s social dynamics, meanings, and power str...
link.springer.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Now properly published in AI & Society vol. 41 - my ethnography on a social field that was among the first to be revolutionized by superhuman AI: professional chess. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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My phone
Sugar
Porn
Long ago, all three addictions lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when Linkedin Premium attacked
Sugar
Porn
Long ago, all three addictions lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when Linkedin Premium attacked
May 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My phone
Sugar
Porn
Long ago, all three addictions lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when Linkedin Premium attacked
Sugar
Porn
Long ago, all three addictions lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when Linkedin Premium attacked
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in which ... I summarise me and @himself.bsky.social 's paper for the @britishacademy.bsky.social on the global dollar system, suggesting that it explains the fascination with the digital Euro (a set of EU payment rails that's independent of the US and can't be acquired). www.ft.com/content/5b9a...
The juice, the squeeze and the digital euro
Finally, a question for the answer to a question nobody asked
www.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
in which ... I summarise me and @himself.bsky.social 's paper for the @britishacademy.bsky.social on the global dollar system, suggesting that it explains the fascination with the digital Euro (a set of EU payment rails that's independent of the US and can't be acquired). www.ft.com/content/5b9a...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Thursday at 2 PM EST a webinar on anxiety and depression in this profession featuring experts who work in this space. Attendance is confidential and this will not be recorded, live viewing only. Register ahead of time here: politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...
APSA Webinar: Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond | Thursday, February 5, 2026 -
“Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond” Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) Register Here In a recent APSA survey of political scientists, 43% of respondents reported experiencing anxiety, and [...]
politicalsciencenow.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Thursday at 2 PM EST a webinar on anxiety and depression in this profession featuring experts who work in this space. Attendance is confidential and this will not be recorded, live viewing only. Register ahead of time here: politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...
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DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
DEADLINE EXTENSION! Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) has extended the deadline for conference Open Panel submissions until 9th February 2026. The conference is being held in Toronto, 7-10th Oct 2026.
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
Conference Theme: TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures
4sonline.org/call_for_ope...
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People who are writing PhDs into their project proposals at this point either need a credible non-academic career plan for them or should be hiring postdocs instead
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
People who are writing PhDs into their project proposals at this point either need a credible non-academic career plan for them or should be hiring postdocs instead
There are cities where nothing happens; and there are towns where cities happen
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 AM
There are cities where nothing happens; and there are towns where cities happen
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"The first efforts to create planetary experiments in the mid-nineteenth century focused on the dynamics of phenomena that themselves encompassed the planet."
Read "The Planetary Experiment" by Robert Mitchell, Orit Halpern, and Henning Schmidgen: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Read "The Planetary Experiment" by Robert Mitchell, Orit Halpern, and Henning Schmidgen: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 PM
"The first efforts to create planetary experiments in the mid-nineteenth century focused on the dynamics of phenomena that themselves encompassed the planet."
Read "The Planetary Experiment" by Robert Mitchell, Orit Halpern, and Henning Schmidgen: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Read "The Planetary Experiment" by Robert Mitchell, Orit Halpern, and Henning Schmidgen: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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📢📢📢 New Article Alert 📢📢📢
Emrah Yıldız's 'Outsmarting sanctions: Experiments with fictitious commodities across Iran and Turkey' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View, as part of the 'Property and Other Fictions' Forum: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Emrah Yıldız's 'Outsmarting sanctions: Experiments with fictitious commodities across Iran and Turkey' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View, as part of the 'Property and Other Fictions' Forum: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 27, 2026 at 4:33 PM
📢📢📢 New Article Alert 📢📢📢
Emrah Yıldız's 'Outsmarting sanctions: Experiments with fictitious commodities across Iran and Turkey' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View, as part of the 'Property and Other Fictions' Forum: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Emrah Yıldız's 'Outsmarting sanctions: Experiments with fictitious commodities across Iran and Turkey' is now available in AE 53.1 Early View, as part of the 'Property and Other Fictions' Forum: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"Fristen sind tückisch..." out now: www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/fristge...
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 AM
"Fristen sind tückisch..." out now: www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/fristge...
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Now available for preorder - Working Nature: A History of the Energy Economy by Daniela Russ
"Consistently brilliant and illuminating, Working Nature announces the arrival of a major new voice on the scene of ecological Marxism.”
- Andreas Malm
"Consistently brilliant and illuminating, Working Nature announces the arrival of a major new voice on the scene of ecological Marxism.”
- Andreas Malm
Working Nature
Daniela Russ argues that the category of ‘energy’ is best understood not in terms of particular material things but as a social relation to nature forged over 200 years of capitalist industrialization...
www.versobooks.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Now available for preorder - Working Nature: A History of the Energy Economy by Daniela Russ
"Consistently brilliant and illuminating, Working Nature announces the arrival of a major new voice on the scene of ecological Marxism.”
- Andreas Malm
"Consistently brilliant and illuminating, Working Nature announces the arrival of a major new voice on the scene of ecological Marxism.”
- Andreas Malm
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can i interest you in some springtail soup
February 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
can i interest you in some springtail soup
can i interest you in some springtail soup
February 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
can i interest you in some springtail soup
wouldn't it to us all
February 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
wouldn't it to us all
I wonder on which levels ("to what extent") this pressure exists or doesn't exist. There certainly are external incentives (money, validation, some general attention ...) to pursue certain topics but there are also clear disadvantages for those who do so.
The comparison is a bit off, of course, but I really think the increasing pressure to build super specialized research profiles is problematic for a discipline whose big strength is reflexivity. Like where in the world would be a place for generalists if not in social science?
February 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I wonder on which levels ("to what extent") this pressure exists or doesn't exist. There certainly are external incentives (money, validation, some general attention ...) to pursue certain topics but there are also clear disadvantages for those who do so.
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This is wonderful on innovation in climbing.
"Some economists love simple stories, especially when they support their ideological priors, but a bit of knowledge of history often reveals that the truth is somewhat more complicated"
@richardaljones.bsky.social on what Alex Honnold tells us about knowledge and innovation
softmachines.org?p=3249
@richardaljones.bsky.social on what Alex Honnold tells us about knowledge and innovation
softmachines.org?p=3249
Rock climbing and the economics of innovation (revisited) – Soft Machines, by Richard Jones
softmachines.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This is wonderful on innovation in climbing.
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Ende letzten Jahres ist meine Doktorarbeit open access bei Konstanz University Press erschienen 🥳
„Ökologien der Psyche“ rekonstruiert, wie der Mensch im 20. Jahrhundert von der Psychologie in seiner Umwelt erforscht und dadurch in neuer Weise regierbar gemacht wurde.
www.k-up.de/978383539187...
„Ökologien der Psyche“ rekonstruiert, wie der Mensch im 20. Jahrhundert von der Psychologie in seiner Umwelt erforscht und dadurch in neuer Weise regierbar gemacht wurde.
www.k-up.de/978383539187...
Ole Bogner: Ökologien der Psyche - Konstanz University Press
Menschen zu führen bedeutet, auch die Umgebungen zu gestalten und zu regulieren, in denen sie sich verhalten: Schulen und Unterrichtsräume, Arbeitsatmosphären und Organisationen. Doch woher stammt das...
www.k-up.de
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Ende letzten Jahres ist meine Doktorarbeit open access bei Konstanz University Press erschienen 🥳
„Ökologien der Psyche“ rekonstruiert, wie der Mensch im 20. Jahrhundert von der Psychologie in seiner Umwelt erforscht und dadurch in neuer Weise regierbar gemacht wurde.
www.k-up.de/978383539187...
„Ökologien der Psyche“ rekonstruiert, wie der Mensch im 20. Jahrhundert von der Psychologie in seiner Umwelt erforscht und dadurch in neuer Weise regierbar gemacht wurde.
www.k-up.de/978383539187...
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if we must live with short-form, portrait orientation video, this is the ideal form
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
if we must live with short-form, portrait orientation video, this is the ideal form