Jamie Saris
@jamie-saris.bsky.social
I’m a medical anthropologist, based in Ireland. Professionally, I’m interested in poverty, mental illness, addiction and aging. My research is in Europe and Africa. I post a lot on politics bc health and society r intimately connected.
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Jamie Saris
@jamie-saris.bsky.social
· Apr 21
FROM LEGACIES TO FUTURES: The Lifeworlds of Older Adults in Europe by Katja Seidel, David Prendergast, and A. Jamie Saris (@jamie-saris.bsky.social) has now been published!
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#Anthropology #MedicalAnthropology #Sociology
My latest book, with co-authors Dr Katja Seidel and Prof David Prendergast, is now out from Berghahn Books. Anyone interested in an approachable work on Ageing in Europe, esp in reframing the “burden discourse” undergirding panics about “the Silver Tsunami”, will find it worthwhile.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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An important story from NYT, 12 Hours in the Smoke, showing just how toxic the air is in a wildfire, and (as is too common in the USA) how little is being done to protect workers. It’s unconscionable to sacrifice lives for property, when risk mitigation exists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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12 Hours in the Smoke (Gift Article)
Across the country, wildfire fighters work for weeks at a time in poisonous smoke. The government says they are protected. We tested the air at one fire to find out why they are still dying.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
An important story from NYT, 12 Hours in the Smoke, showing just how toxic the air is in a wildfire, and (as is too common in the USA) how little is being done to protect workers. It’s unconscionable to sacrifice lives for property, when risk mitigation exists.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In honor of the spooky season, I’m reposting a @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece I produced some years ago on how capitalism, crisis, and appetites can be found in a century of Western speculation about the relationships between the living and the undead. Happy Halloween.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Could you survive a zombie apocalypse?
Humans can imagine beating vampires but zombies are a much different matter
www.rte.ie
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
In honor of the spooky season, I’m reposting a @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social piece I produced some years ago on how capitalism, crisis, and appetites can be found in a century of Western speculation about the relationships between the living and the undead. Happy Halloween.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
I’m at DataFest Africa in Kampala, Uganda, the culmination of regional satellite sessions in Nairobi, Amara and other places, under the theme of “Reclaiming Data Futures.” Today, we discuss “Framing the Data Status Quo, Shifting the Lens.”@maynoothuniversity.ie @agakhanuniversity.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I’m at DataFest Africa in Kampala, Uganda, the culmination of regional satellite sessions in Nairobi, Amara and other places, under the theme of “Reclaiming Data Futures.” Today, we discuss “Framing the Data Status Quo, Shifting the Lens.”@maynoothuniversity.ie @agakhanuniversity.bsky.social
Reposted by Jamie Saris
Maynooth University (MU) has officially launched its new School of Nursing, marking a significant development for both the University and Irish healthcare. 👏👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Maynooth University (MU) has officially launched its new School of Nursing, marking a significant development for both the University and Irish healthcare. 👏👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
My colleague and I @chrisbrunsdon.bsky.social from @maynoothuniversity.ie are at DataFest Africa: Reclaiming Our Data Futures at Aga Khan University, Nairobi. Maynooth University is a proud sponsor of this event.
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
My colleague and I @chrisbrunsdon.bsky.social from @maynoothuniversity.ie are at DataFest Africa: Reclaiming Our Data Futures at Aga Khan University, Nairobi. Maynooth University is a proud sponsor of this event.
This is a very disappointing assessment of Irish waterways. We sit on what will be the gold of the 21stC — abundant clean water. The unsustainable agricultural and manufacturing abuse of Irish waterways has got to stop.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again
Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways
www.irishtimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This is a very disappointing assessment of Irish waterways. We sit on what will be the gold of the 21stC — abundant clean water. The unsustainable agricultural and manufacturing abuse of Irish waterways has got to stop.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Norway outplays MangoMussolini.
Nobel Peace Prize goes to a woman of color who is the steely-eyed opponent of a leader whom Trump despises and has built up as a strategic threat to the US. Genius.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Nobel Peace Prize goes to a woman of color who is the steely-eyed opponent of a leader whom Trump despises and has built up as a strategic threat to the US. Genius.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Norway outplays MangoMussolini.
Nobel Peace Prize goes to a woman of color who is the steely-eyed opponent of a leader whom Trump despises and has built up as a strategic threat to the US. Genius.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Nobel Peace Prize goes to a woman of color who is the steely-eyed opponent of a leader whom Trump despises and has built up as a strategic threat to the US. Genius.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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📻Listen back: Sean Moncrieff's interview with Brian Pennie where he mentions his upcoming lecture in MU to mark the Department of Psychology's 25th anniversary.
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Maynooth University celebrates 25 years of its Psychology Department | Newstalk
‘Change is possible’ - that’s the message of Doctor and Neuroscientist Brian Pennie, who is...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📻Listen back: Sean Moncrieff's interview with Brian Pennie where he mentions his upcoming lecture in MU to mark the Department of Psychology's 25th anniversary.
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
US isolation on Public Health matters deepens, as MAHA Wellness Rasputin delivers a nonsensical tirade against reproductive rights and sexual minorities, during what should be an evidence-based discussion of cutting into the Global Health burden of chronic disease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/h...
Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
US isolation on Public Health matters deepens, as MAHA Wellness Rasputin delivers a nonsensical tirade against reproductive rights and sexual minorities, during what should be an evidence-based discussion of cutting into the Global Health burden of chronic disease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/h...
Trump Is now supporting Cancer along with Putin. The cost of chronic disease in the US is set to plummet after the great die-off. I guarantee, though, that US Robber-Barons will continue to pay for science-based medicine, rather than its “functionalist” equivalent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trump Is now supporting Cancer along with Putin. The cost of chronic disease in the US is set to plummet after the great die-off. I guarantee, though, that US Robber-Barons will continue to pay for science-based medicine, rather than its “functionalist” equivalent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Reposted by Jamie Saris
📻Listen back: Prof Peter Thorne from ICARUS was on @newstalkfm.bsky.social discussing soaring temperatures affecting mortality rates, and how can it be prevented from increasing.
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
📻Listen back: Prof Peter Thorne from ICARUS was on @newstalkfm.bsky.social discussing soaring temperatures affecting mortality rates, and how can it be prevented from increasing.
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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There’s nothing like a little literate Conrad Brunstrom in the morning. No one is better qualified to take u on excursions to the byways of 18thC literature than he is. 👍
Tobias Smollett died OTD in 1771 and I've probably been unfair to him... conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/t...
Tobias Smollett died OTD in 1771 and I’ve probably been unfair to him…
Literature, said Roland Barthes, is what gets taught – which means that eighteenth century literature is radically different from what it was when I was an undergraduate. When I was a student…
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September 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There’s nothing like a little literate Conrad Brunstrom in the morning. No one is better qualified to take u on excursions to the byways of 18thC literature than he is. 👍
It’s tough to describe the Irish Ploughing Championships to foreigners, but it’s basically the collective effervescence of Rural Ireland. It should really be marketed more heavily as a tourist draw, as, in my experience, there’s nothing quite like it anywhere else.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Ploughing championships 2025: Everything you need to know about tickets, weather and a site map
Bigger than Oasis, the National Ploughing Championships will attract a quarter of a million people over three days
www.irishtimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It’s tough to describe the Irish Ploughing Championships to foreigners, but it’s basically the collective effervescence of Rural Ireland. It should really be marketed more heavily as a tourist draw, as, in my experience, there’s nothing quite like it anywhere else.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Lifton was a rare psychiatrist with a keen sense of the social, esp how institutions, ideology, and subjectivity were all of a piece in authoritarianism. Atrocity is the child of moral certainty, and such certainty was rooted in institutional authority. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Totalitarianism Can Be Terrifying. It Can Also Be Thrilling. He Taught Us Why.
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Lifton was a rare psychiatrist with a keen sense of the social, esp how institutions, ideology, and subjectivity were all of a piece in authoritarianism. Atrocity is the child of moral certainty, and such certainty was rooted in institutional authority. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Reposted by Jamie Saris
Maynooth University extends warm congratulations to product design graduate Zoë O’Sullivan, who has been named National Winner for Ireland at this year's prestigious James Dyson Award for her invention Lymphia. 👏👏👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Maynooth University extends warm congratulations to product design graduate Zoë O’Sullivan, who has been named National Winner for Ireland at this year's prestigious James Dyson Award for her invention Lymphia. 👏👏👏
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...
A real treat as part of the Alumni Lunch at @maynoothuniversity.ie: the National Science Museum is open. It houses a wealth of early scientific instruments, going back to the early 19thC. One of the hidden gems on campus.
September 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A real treat as part of the Alumni Lunch at @maynoothuniversity.ie: the National Science Museum is open. It houses a wealth of early scientific instruments, going back to the early 19thC. One of the hidden gems on campus.
Tide is out on Dar es Salaam Bay on a beautiful Sunday.
August 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Tide is out on Dar es Salaam Bay on a beautiful Sunday.
Reposted by Jamie Saris
SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!"
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
August 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!"
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
Zuane’s has some of the best pizza in Dar es Salaam.
August 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Zuane’s has some of the best pizza in Dar es Salaam.
The gorgeous Tanzanite Bridge on a lovely morning in Dar es Salaam.
August 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The gorgeous Tanzanite Bridge on a lovely morning in Dar es Salaam.
My last day at @agakhanuniversity.bsky.social Nairobi, discussing the alliance with @maynoothuniversity.ie. I am very grateful for all the time shared with (and consideration shown to) me, but I want to especially thank Sally and Pam of the Global Engagement Office.
August 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
My last day at @agakhanuniversity.bsky.social Nairobi, discussing the alliance with @maynoothuniversity.ie. I am very grateful for all the time shared with (and consideration shown to) me, but I want to especially thank Sally and Pam of the Global Engagement Office.
Lily Lake in the Karura Forest in Nairobi. Hard to believe there’s a city of over 5.5 million right outside.
August 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Lily Lake in the Karura Forest in Nairobi. Hard to believe there’s a city of over 5.5 million right outside.
If Europeans (and folks from other rational societies) want to know WHY USA is unlike other places read about “Christian Influencer”, Jen Hatmaker. From Purity rings to marriage and divorce from a drunken pastor, u find a public religion poisoning persons and society.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/m...
Jen Hatmaker’s Life Exploded in Middle Age. So She Built a Better One.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
If Europeans (and folks from other rational societies) want to know WHY USA is unlike other places read about “Christian Influencer”, Jen Hatmaker. From Purity rings to marriage and divorce from a drunken pastor, u find a public religion poisoning persons and society.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/m...