maramiele.bsky.social
@maramiele.bsky.social
Professor of Human Geography, interested in more-than-human research, animal geography, dog lover, tennis ladies addict...
Good to see this published with my colleagues

Lever, J., Miele, M., Dastgir, S., & Fuseini, A. (2025). Niche market making in the UK sheep sector: performing the halal market in uncertain times. Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 119, 2025, 103728,
ISSN 0743-0167,
doi.org/10.1016/j.jr....
June 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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We are sorry to learn of the death of Elspeth Probyn, Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies at @sydney.edu.au and author of "Eating the Ocean" (2016). Our thoughts are with her family, friends, colleagues and students.
April 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The ‪@englishassociation.bsky.social, @ies-sas.bsky.social
and @univeng.bsky.social have warned that decoupling researchers from outputs in REF 2029 could see universities benefitting from the work of staff who have been sacked.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
REF change ‘could let universities benefit from work of sacked staff’ - Research Professional News
Breaking link between staff and outputs could impact arts and humanities, REF leader warned
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Important comment on Cardiff University restructuring proposal

open.substack.com/pub/ukania/p...
A critique of Cardiff University's plans.
Redacted, revised and abridged.
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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OnlineFirst - "The pace of pastoral mobility: Exploring adaptations to climate and socio-economic change in Western India" by Natasha Maru:

@ids.ac.uk

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The pace of pastoral mobility: Exploring adaptations to climate and socio-economic change in Western India - Natasha Maru, 2025
Mobility is acknowledged as a key practice through which pastoralists adapt to climatic and socio-economic stressors. Yet, ‘how’ it is enacted and experienced i...
journals.sagepub.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Great talk today by Prof Michele Lamont in Glamorgan Building, Cardiff Social Science, about her book Seeing Others, How to redefine worth in a divided world.
March 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Wrong answers 60% of the time 🤦🏻‍♀️ (Can’t we already be done with AI…)
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.

Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️

Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.

Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Oral history interview with Sandra Harding
Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...
digital.sciencehistory.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Registration is open for our final 'Rethinking Fables' conference (May 22-24, 2025: University of Kent, Canterbury UK & online) with Profs Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh as our keynote speakers. Please spread the word – and we'd be delighted if you can join us. research.kent.ac.uk/rethinking-f...
March 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
March 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
From a colleague of mine at Cardiff University....a

chink of light in dark times.

academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
academic.oup.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Really happy to see published this paper: Francis, B. and Miele, M. (2025) ‘Are health professionals ‘equipped’ to support vegan mothers in the UK’, first online, Consumption and Society, 1-18;
doi.org/10.1332/2752...
Are health professionals ‘equipped’ to support vegan mothers in the UK?
This article investigates the extent to which health professionals are equipped to support vegan mothers in the UK and how stigma plays a part in this issue. Veganism has grown in popularity in the UK...
doi.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM