Chika Watanabe
@chikaw.bsky.social
Social anthropologist of disaster preparedness, development, NGOs.
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I’m very excited that years of work with Dorry Noyes (@mershoncenter.bsky.social) and a fantastic group of friends and colleagues finally resulted in this, I think, rather beautiful object. The Global Politics of Exemplarity! @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @brisunipress.bsky.social 1/4
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m very excited that years of work with Dorry Noyes (@mershoncenter.bsky.social) and a fantastic group of friends and colleagues finally resulted in this, I think, rather beautiful object. The Global Politics of Exemplarity! @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @brisunipress.bsky.social 1/4
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Check out the latest Patchwork Ethnography Conversation with Kristen Holfeuer www.patchworkethnography.com/kristen-holf...
Kristen Holfeuer — Patchwork Ethnography
www.patchworkethnography.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Check out the latest Patchwork Ethnography Conversation with Kristen Holfeuer www.patchworkethnography.com/kristen-holf...
Book contract signed 🎉. Play to Survive: Disaster Preparedness along the Ring of Fire coming in 2026 with Stanford UP. An ethnographic study of people across Japan and Chile teaching preparedness through play, beyond logics of securitization.
My partner mocked up some potential book covers 🤔
My partner mocked up some potential book covers 🤔
July 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Book contract signed 🎉. Play to Survive: Disaster Preparedness along the Ring of Fire coming in 2026 with Stanford UP. An ethnographic study of people across Japan and Chile teaching preparedness through play, beyond logics of securitization.
My partner mocked up some potential book covers 🤔
My partner mocked up some potential book covers 🤔
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It’s happening! Officially the book is out May 13th but you can read the Introduction for free and pre-order using this here discount: EV25VCHOI
#DisasterSTS #Anthropology #SriLanka #SouthAsia #IndianOcean
#DisasterSTS #Anthropology #SriLanka #SouthAsia #IndianOcean
In "Disaster Nationalism," Vivian Y. Choi examines how the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami fostered new forms of governance and militarization during Sri Lanka’s civil war that led to enduring forms of precarity and insecurity. Check out the intro for free! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
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March 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s happening! Officially the book is out May 13th but you can read the Introduction for free and pre-order using this here discount: EV25VCHOI
#DisasterSTS #Anthropology #SriLanka #SouthAsia #IndianOcean
#DisasterSTS #Anthropology #SriLanka #SouthAsia #IndianOcean
🤩Join us for the next @UoMAnthropology seminar, 24 March, for Jieun Kim's 'Blood and Citizenship in a Fragmented Nation: Logics of gift, debt and inheritance in South Korea'. See you there!
March 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🤩Join us for the next @UoMAnthropology seminar, 24 March, for Jieun Kim's 'Blood and Citizenship in a Fragmented Nation: Logics of gift, debt and inheritance in South Korea'. See you there!
Next week's @UoMAnthropology seminar is our very own Mateusz Laszczkowski, with 'Territorio is where you meet others': politics of place in an Alpine rebellion". See you there!
March 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Next week's @UoMAnthropology seminar is our very own Mateusz Laszczkowski, with 'Territorio is where you meet others': politics of place in an Alpine rebellion". See you there!
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Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
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March 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
Our next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar is 'Corrosive kinship & forms of healing and care: “Forced marriage in the UK”' by Perveez Mody. See you there!
March 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Our next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar is 'Corrosive kinship & forms of healing and care: “Forced marriage in the UK”' by Perveez Mody. See you there!
Next Monday's seminar @UoMAnthropology is 'Strategic ignorance, forgetting and misrecognition in Parliaments' by Emma Crewe. See you there!
February 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Next Monday's seminar @UoMAnthropology is 'Strategic ignorance, forgetting and misrecognition in Parliaments' by Emma Crewe. See you there!
Our @UoMAnthropology seminar TODAY 24 Feb is 'Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town' by Deana Jovanović. See you there!
February 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Our @UoMAnthropology seminar TODAY 24 Feb is 'Staging the Promises: Everyday Future-Making in a Serbian Industrial Town' by Deana Jovanović. See you there!
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RIP James Ferguson stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j...
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.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
RIP James Ferguson stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j...
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Looking forward to supporting this exciting new book series from @manchesterup.bsky.social - details on how to submit proposals in the link below!
It is launch day!!! We can finally announce the new book series with @manchesterup.bsky.social on Queer and Trans Histories. Help spread the word!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...
Queer and Trans Histories - Manchester University Press
The Queer and Trans Histories series aims to serve as a go-to place for cutting-edge stories on earlier and existing LGBTQ+ formations, and encourages work on queer and trans lives that challenge iden...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Looking forward to supporting this exciting new book series from @manchesterup.bsky.social - details on how to submit proposals in the link below!
Next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar (17th February) is 'Alpine Border Conflict: Migration and Social Polarization in the Everyday Life of Intra-EU Borders' by Cecilia Vergnano! See you there😀.
February 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar (17th February) is 'Alpine Border Conflict: Migration and Social Polarization in the Everyday Life of Intra-EU Borders' by Cecilia Vergnano! See you there😀.
Our next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar will be with Omer Aijazi's 'Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir'. See you there! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
February 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Our next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar will be with Omer Aijazi's 'Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir'. See you there! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📢Postdocs advertised at the University of Manchester! See these 2 calls. Get in touch w/ any of us @UoMAnthropology if you'd like to apply.
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
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Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester
Find out the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships at Manchester, our Faculty of Humanities funding scheme for early career researchers with a doctoral degree.
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk
January 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
📢Postdocs advertised at the University of Manchester! See these 2 calls. Get in touch w/ any of us @UoMAnthropology if you'd like to apply.
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun...
Our next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar (3 Feb) is 'The CEO’s Two Bodies: Corporate Personhood and the Corporate Persona in Kenya' by Kevin Donovan (U of Edinburgh). See you there! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
Kevin Donovan (Edinburgh): The CEO’s Two Bodies: Corporate Personhood and the Corporate Persona in Kenya | Events at The University of Manchester
events.manchester.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our next @UoMAnthropology Monday seminar (3 Feb) is 'The CEO’s Two Bodies: Corporate Personhood and the Corporate Persona in Kenya' by Kevin Donovan (U of Edinburgh). See you there! events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
🥳@UoMAnthropology's Monday seminars are back on 27 January! Starting out with Nikita Simpson's talk, 'How do we theorise ecological distress? A view from the Western Himalayas'. @NiksSimpson (in person only). See flyer for details and whole programme.
January 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🥳@UoMAnthropology's Monday seminars are back on 27 January! Starting out with Nikita Simpson's talk, 'How do we theorise ecological distress? A view from the Western Himalayas'. @NiksSimpson (in person only). See flyer for details and whole programme.
So amazingly proud of my Anthropology of Development and Humanitarianism students @UoMAnthropology for their creativity and thoughtfulness. Check out how they made games to explore anthropological concepts: sites.manchester.ac.uk/anthropology...
2024-2025 Final Event
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December 12, 2024 at 11:10 AM
So amazingly proud of my Anthropology of Development and Humanitarianism students @UoMAnthropology for their creativity and thoughtfulness. Check out how they made games to explore anthropological concepts: sites.manchester.ac.uk/anthropology...
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Lunch and a walk along the Tyne with @chikaw.bsky.social , Hannah Knox and Adam Reed a lovely way to mark the end of our JRAI editorship. Thanks to all who submitted, reviewed and helped to make it all happen!
December 6, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Lunch and a walk along the Tyne with @chikaw.bsky.social , Hannah Knox and Adam Reed a lovely way to mark the end of our JRAI editorship. Thanks to all who submitted, reviewed and helped to make it all happen!
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The Fear Research Network (FeRN), led by @chikaw.bsky.social and yours truly, brings together researchers interested in the politics, feelings, and practices that converge around fear from historical and contemporary perspectives. tinyurl.com/ycx25kkb Here are some of our upcoming events at UoM
December 2, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The Fear Research Network (FeRN), led by @chikaw.bsky.social and yours truly, brings together researchers interested in the politics, feelings, and practices that converge around fear from historical and contemporary perspectives. tinyurl.com/ycx25kkb Here are some of our upcoming events at UoM
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🎉We have a contract! @uchicagopress.bsky.social will publish the Patchwork Ethnography textbook. If you're an Early Career scholar, please consider applying to our workshop. We're looking for contributors who can help advance our theorization. Deadline 6 Dec: patchworkethnography.com/events.
Events — Patchwork Ethnography
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December 1, 2024 at 8:21 PM
🎉We have a contract! @uchicagopress.bsky.social will publish the Patchwork Ethnography textbook. If you're an Early Career scholar, please consider applying to our workshop. We're looking for contributors who can help advance our theorization. Deadline 6 Dec: patchworkethnography.com/events.
The next and final Monday seminar of the term (2 Dec) at @UoMAnthropology is 'Plastic Longevity and Ecological Emotions' by Bridget Bradley, St Andrews. Humanities Bridgeford Street, Hanson Room, 3.15pm. See you there!
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 AM
The next and final Monday seminar of the term (2 Dec) at @UoMAnthropology is 'Plastic Longevity and Ecological Emotions' by Bridget Bradley, St Andrews. Humanities Bridgeford Street, Hanson Room, 3.15pm. See you there!
Everyone is invited to the next Monday anthropology seminar at the U of Manchester (in person only). 'Corallers of Crises: between the horror and glee of climate inaction', by Andrea Pia. See you there!
November 20, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Everyone is invited to the next Monday anthropology seminar at the U of Manchester (in person only). 'Corallers of Crises: between the horror and glee of climate inaction', by Andrea Pia. See you there!
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📣 We’re working on a Patchwork Ethnography textbook and we’re looking to include 10 essays from early career scholars who can help us develop our theorizations further. We plan to run remote workshops to build ideas together. More info and apply here: patchworkethnography.com/events
Events — Patchwork Ethnography
patchworkethnography.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:59 AM
📣 We’re working on a Patchwork Ethnography textbook and we’re looking to include 10 essays from early career scholars who can help us develop our theorizations further. We plan to run remote workshops to build ideas together. More info and apply here: patchworkethnography.com/events
🎉 New @TheJRAI Dialogues on decolonizing anthropology debates from Japan! Remembering that colonialism existed/exists outside “the west” and decolonizing has regional specificities. Great to see this out 🤓. rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Dialogues: decolonizing anthropology in/with Japan
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rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 8, 2024 at 10:01 PM
🎉 New @TheJRAI Dialogues on decolonizing anthropology debates from Japan! Remembering that colonialism existed/exists outside “the west” and decolonizing has regional specificities. Great to see this out 🤓. rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...