Joshua A. Bell
@joshuaabell.bsky.social
Cultural Anthropologist & Curator of Globalization & 🪑 || Steward of Oceanic & archival collections & acting steward of Africa & South America || Interested in intersecting histories of our material worlds
Big thanks to @sidedoorpod.bsky.social for repeating the episode📱🪨 about NMNH exhibit Cellphone: Unseen Connections “It's a technology that relies on the earth. Most people don't tend to think of it. …But all of that is from the earth, and then processed.”
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Cellphones Rock
Podcast Episode · Sidedoor · 04/16/2025 · 29m
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April 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Big thanks to @sidedoorpod.bsky.social for repeating the episode📱🪨 about NMNH exhibit Cellphone: Unseen Connections “It's a technology that relies on the earth. Most people don't tend to think of it. …But all of that is from the earth, and then processed.”
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The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
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#Mining #Indigenous #Sea #DeepSea #MarineLife
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#Mining #Indigenous #Sea #DeepSea #MarineLife
The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
At least one company has found a work-around to international opposition to deep-sea mining: The Trump administration.
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April 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The deep-sea mining industry got tired of waiting for international approval. Enter Trump.
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#Mining #Indigenous #Sea #DeepSea #MarineLife
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#Mining #Indigenous #Sea #DeepSea #MarineLife
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Here are some tips on the law — and how to prevent the U.S. government from using your own data against you.
April 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here are some tips on the law — and how to prevent the U.S. government from using your own data against you.
Last few hours to reserve any of these five 🔥🎥 from the #mothertongue2023 & #mothertongue2024 - mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
March 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Last few hours to reserve any of these five 🔥🎥 from the #mothertongue2023 & #mothertongue2024 - mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
This 🎥 is a personal favorites from last 10 years - Ten leading Indigenous filmmakers from Australia, Aotearoa, & South Pacific craft an anthology film in response to the 250th anniversary of the invasion of their lands. #mothertongue2025 watch here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/films/we-are...
March 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This 🎥 is a personal favorites from last 10 years - Ten leading Indigenous filmmakers from Australia, Aotearoa, & South Pacific craft an anthology film in response to the 250th anniversary of the invasion of their lands. #mothertongue2025 watch here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/films/we-are...
We showed this fantastic short - Mother’s Tongue (2021) by D. Wilmos Paul in #mothertongue2024 and so pleased to bring it back - watch it here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/films/mother...
March 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We showed this fantastic short - Mother’s Tongue (2021) by D. Wilmos Paul in #mothertongue2024 and so pleased to bring it back - watch it here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/films/mother...
2 fantastic films from our 2019 Mother Tongue Film Festival - at other ends of the great Moana - Blackbird and Sgaawaay K’uuna Edge of the Knife. 4th festival featured 60 films from 22 regions in 66 languages.
Watch here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
#mothertongue2025 #
Watch here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
#mothertongue2025 #
February 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2 fantastic films from our 2019 Mother Tongue Film Festival - at other ends of the great Moana - Blackbird and Sgaawaay K’uuna Edge of the Knife. 4th festival featured 60 films from 22 regions in 66 languages.
Watch here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
#mothertongue2025 #
Watch here: mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
#mothertongue2025 #
Jáaji Approx (2015) ExperimentalDirector: Sky HopinkaEnglish and Hočak (Ho-chunk) with English subtitles- is one of my favorite shorts of the 2017 Mother Tongue Film Festival #MTFF2017 - you can stream it here for next 48 hours - mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
February 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Jáaji Approx (2015) ExperimentalDirector: Sky HopinkaEnglish and Hočak (Ho-chunk) with English subtitles- is one of my favorite shorts of the 2017 Mother Tongue Film Festival #MTFF2017 - you can stream it here for next 48 hours - mothertongue2025.eventive.org/schedule
Today is the last in-person screenings for the 10th #mothertongue2025 - screenings are at hirshhorn: mothertongue.si.edu
🎬 Honoring Our Relations | 11 am–12 pm: A collection of family-friendly shorts that prompt us to think about our lives in relationship to others and the world around us. 1/
🎬 Honoring Our Relations | 11 am–12 pm: A collection of family-friendly shorts that prompt us to think about our lives in relationship to others and the world around us. 1/
February 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Today is the last in-person screenings for the 10th #mothertongue2025 - screenings are at hirshhorn: mothertongue.si.edu
🎬 Honoring Our Relations | 11 am–12 pm: A collection of family-friendly shorts that prompt us to think about our lives in relationship to others and the world around us. 1/
🎬 Honoring Our Relations | 11 am–12 pm: A collection of family-friendly shorts that prompt us to think about our lives in relationship to others and the world around us. 1/
Grateful to all who came for opening night of 10th Mother Tongue Film Festival! The Zotigh Singers performed a welcome song, we watched award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard’s feature-length film Singing Back the Buffalo & had a Q&A with the director modeled by Cindy Benitez #mothertongue2025
February 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Grateful to all who came for opening night of 10th Mother Tongue Film Festival! The Zotigh Singers performed a welcome song, we watched award-winning Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard’s feature-length film Singing Back the Buffalo & had a Q&A with the director modeled by Cindy Benitez #mothertongue2025
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Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?
Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?
Analyst says while USAid supports hundreds of jobs, the most significant damage from Donald Trump’s cuts will be to US relations with the Pacific
The dismantling of USAid by president Donald Trump is having a ripple effect across the Pacific as people…
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February 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?
Please feel join SIMA alumni/NYU PhD candidate Matthew R. Webb, SIMA Collections Intern Coordinator Kelly Hofschneider & I for a virtual Webinar/FAQ about SIMA) this FRIDAY - 2/7/25 (11:00 – 12pm EST). Registration is required.
To register go to: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 1/
To register go to: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 1/
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) Virtual FAQ . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Please join SIMA Director and NMNH Curator Joshua A. Bell, SIMA alumni and NYU PhD candidate Matthew R. Webb as well as SIMA Collections Intern Coordinator Kelly Hofschneider for a virtual Webinar/FAQ...
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February 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Please feel join SIMA alumni/NYU PhD candidate Matthew R. Webb, SIMA Collections Intern Coordinator Kelly Hofschneider & I for a virtual Webinar/FAQ about SIMA) this FRIDAY - 2/7/25 (11:00 – 12pm EST). Registration is required.
To register go to: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 1/
To register go to: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 1/
...the reel for the 10th Mother Tongue Film Festival is out - 10 days for 10 years (Feb. 20-23rd in-person; Feb 24-March 1st virtual).
Super grateful to the one and only Sprigga Mek for the use of his beautiful song - Vanua Ralemana which is about village life... 🇵🇬
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Super grateful to the one and only Sprigga Mek for the use of his beautiful song - Vanua Ralemana which is about village life... 🇵🇬
youtu.be/bcxP4N7KHKI?...
2025 Mother Tongue Film Festival
YouTube video by Mother Tongue Media
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January 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
...the reel for the 10th Mother Tongue Film Festival is out - 10 days for 10 years (Feb. 20-23rd in-person; Feb 24-March 1st virtual).
Super grateful to the one and only Sprigga Mek for the use of his beautiful song - Vanua Ralemana which is about village life... 🇵🇬
youtu.be/bcxP4N7KHKI?...
Super grateful to the one and only Sprigga Mek for the use of his beautiful song - Vanua Ralemana which is about village life... 🇵🇬
youtu.be/bcxP4N7KHKI?...
We are pleased to announce that for our 2025 summer session of SIMA (June 23 - July 18th) we will be joined by 6 guest faculty: Professor of Anthropology Paul Basu (Oxford) and Honorary Associate Professor Frances Morphy (ANU) will be joining us for the first time 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are pleased to announce that for our 2025 summer session of SIMA (June 23 - July 18th) we will be joined by 6 guest faculty: Professor of Anthropology Paul Basu (Oxford) and Honorary Associate Professor Frances Morphy (ANU) will be joining us for the first time 1/
Reminder that call for SIMA applications is open (March 1st deadline)
📝 Call For Applications 💻
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting proposals from grad students (National Museum of Natural History, June 23–July 18, 2025). SIMA trains students in museum & archival research methods thru engaging anthropology collections at Smithsonian’s NMNH 1/~
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting proposals from grad students (National Museum of Natural History, June 23–July 18, 2025). SIMA trains students in museum & archival research methods thru engaging anthropology collections at Smithsonian’s NMNH 1/~
January 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Reminder that call for SIMA applications is open (March 1st deadline)
10 days for 10 years (2.20-3.1.25) the Mother Tongue Film Festival will be celebrating 10 years of showcasing 🎥 that “explore the power of language to connect the past, present & future”. Grateful to my colleagues, the filmmakers & our various partners #mothertongue2024
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January 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
10 days for 10 years (2.20-3.1.25) the Mother Tongue Film Festival will be celebrating 10 years of showcasing 🎥 that “explore the power of language to connect the past, present & future”. Grateful to my colleagues, the filmmakers & our various partners #mothertongue2024
mothertongue.si.edu
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Basketry is one of my favorite ways people engage with the world - this is great project and am looking forward to reading - congrats to authors
A cluster of articles arising from the work of the MCHSL + partners was just published in Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. Up 4/4 is "Basketry Craft Practice in Southwest China: The Case of Defeng Village" by Lijun Zhang and myself. Special thanks to the great JEF team. (Also on Sciendo)
Basketry Craft Practice in Southwest China: The Case of Defeng Village
| Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
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December 22, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Basketry is one of my favorite ways people engage with the world - this is great project and am looking forward to reading - congrats to authors
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I thought maybe a different take on Trump's appeal might be interesting to read -- so just posted a discussion about my new book on the CaMP anthropology blog: campanthropology.org/2024/11/11/i...
Ilana Gershon on her book, The Pandemic Workplace
Interview by Bonnie Urciuoli Bonnie Urciuoli: What arguments in your book seem relevant right after Trump’s victory on November 5th? Ilana Gershon: We just had an election that, for half the …
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November 13, 2024 at 2:05 AM
I thought maybe a different take on Trump's appeal might be interesting to read -- so just posted a discussion about my new book on the CaMP anthropology blog: campanthropology.org/2024/11/11/i...
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Our newest title is a grammatical description of the Warlmanpa language, a Pama-Nyungan language of Australia presently spoken in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory and surrounding country
Purchase a copy or download for free doi.org/10.22459/GW.2024
#morphology
Purchase a copy or download for free doi.org/10.22459/GW.2024
#morphology
November 27, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Our newest title is a grammatical description of the Warlmanpa language, a Pama-Nyungan language of Australia presently spoken in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory and surrounding country
Purchase a copy or download for free doi.org/10.22459/GW.2024
#morphology
Purchase a copy or download for free doi.org/10.22459/GW.2024
#morphology
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📚📚📚New Book Review! 📚📚📚
Joseph O. Baker reviews //Fighting to Breathe: Race, toxicity, and the rise of youth activism in Baltimore// by Nicole Fabricant @ucpress.bsky.social 2023 #anthrosky #anthropology
Find it here:⬇️
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Joseph O. Baker reviews //Fighting to Breathe: Race, toxicity, and the rise of youth activism in Baltimore// by Nicole Fabricant @ucpress.bsky.social 2023 #anthrosky #anthropology
Find it here:⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
📚📚📚New Book Review! 📚📚📚
Joseph O. Baker reviews //Fighting to Breathe: Race, toxicity, and the rise of youth activism in Baltimore// by Nicole Fabricant @ucpress.bsky.social 2023 #anthrosky #anthropology
Find it here:⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
Joseph O. Baker reviews //Fighting to Breathe: Race, toxicity, and the rise of youth activism in Baltimore// by Nicole Fabricant @ucpress.bsky.social 2023 #anthrosky #anthropology
Find it here:⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
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Asbestos mountains, before being pounded and shed around the planet, and two witnessed. Engraved by William John Burchell (1781-1863) - "Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa".
November 24, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Asbestos mountains, before being pounded and shed around the planet, and two witnessed. Engraved by William John Burchell (1781-1863) - "Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa".
📝 Call For Applications 💻
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting proposals from grad students (National Museum of Natural History, June 23–July 18, 2025). SIMA trains students in museum & archival research methods thru engaging anthropology collections at Smithsonian’s NMNH 1/~
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting proposals from grad students (National Museum of Natural History, June 23–July 18, 2025). SIMA trains students in museum & archival research methods thru engaging anthropology collections at Smithsonian’s NMNH 1/~
November 19, 2024 at 7:19 PM
📝 Call For Applications 💻
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting proposals from grad students (National Museum of Natural History, June 23–July 18, 2025). SIMA trains students in museum & archival research methods thru engaging anthropology collections at Smithsonian’s NMNH 1/~
Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) is accepting proposals from grad students (National Museum of Natural History, June 23–July 18, 2025). SIMA trains students in museum & archival research methods thru engaging anthropology collections at Smithsonian’s NMNH 1/~
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Applications are now open for 2025-26 fellowships at @scihistoryorg.bsky.social!
We offer postdoc, dissertation, distinguished & short-term fellowships for researchers from anywhere in any fields w/ projects that can make use of our collections.
Questions? Ask here!
We offer postdoc, dissertation, distinguished & short-term fellowships for researchers from anywhere in any fields w/ projects that can make use of our collections.
Questions? Ask here!
Science History Institute Fellowships
The Institute is home to the largest private fellowship program in the historical study of science, medicine, and technology in the United States.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Applications are now open for 2025-26 fellowships at @scihistoryorg.bsky.social!
We offer postdoc, dissertation, distinguished & short-term fellowships for researchers from anywhere in any fields w/ projects that can make use of our collections.
Questions? Ask here!
We offer postdoc, dissertation, distinguished & short-term fellowships for researchers from anywhere in any fields w/ projects that can make use of our collections.
Questions? Ask here!
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Check out David Igler's review of "Naturalist Histories: Making Nature, Knowledge, and People in Oceania," edited by Jamon Alex Halvaksz II & @joshuaabell.bsky.social, published in 2024 by University of Hawaii Press; review @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #histsci
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October 24, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Check out David Igler's review of "Naturalist Histories: Making Nature, Knowledge, and People in Oceania," edited by Jamon Alex Halvaksz II & @joshuaabell.bsky.social, published in 2024 by University of Hawaii Press; review @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #histsci
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Happy to pass on news of the 2024 Awards of the Council for Museum Anthropology. #AAA24 #CMA Congratulations to all!
2024 Council for Museum Anthropology Awards
I happily share the following CMA announcement: 2024 COUNCIL FOR MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY AWARDS We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Council for Museum Anthropology awards…
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November 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM