Pyar Seth, PhD
@pyarseth.bsky.social
AP at University of Notre Dame ~ Johns Hopkins University PhD ~ Founder of HipHopRx ~ Performance Ethnographer ~ Historian of Medicine ~ Cultural Theorist
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Personal Website: https://pyarseth.org
HipHopRx: https://hip-hop-rx.org
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Personal Website: https://pyarseth.org
HipHopRx: https://hip-hop-rx.org
Been sitting on this one for a minute but I just had a piece on Zora Neale Hurston drop! Check it out!
“A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation.”
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
“A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation.”
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation | Transforming Anthropology
Abstract Zora Neale Hurston looked for angularity in everyday life, where some cast her as nothing more than a liar. Despite the criticism, she continued on a path toward what she viewed as a reinvent...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Been sitting on this one for a minute but I just had a piece on Zora Neale Hurston drop! Check it out!
“A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation.”
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
“A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation.”
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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"Was George Floyd killed by a police officer?The official answer, according to a newly revealed set of federal government records, is no."
"We identified 100s of people who died in custody but weren’t listed..entire states that failed to report almost any deaths..The overwhelming majority of the records did not meet the Justice Department’s own minimum standards for accuracy and completeness." www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/07/d...
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Government Know How Many People Die in Custody?
Under the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the government is supposed to track how many people die in law enforcement custody — but the data is a mess.
www.themarshallproject.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"Was George Floyd killed by a police officer?The official answer, according to a newly revealed set of federal government records, is no."
Honored to be in the Hip Hop South special issue! Big love to my brotha Corey J. Miles for curating something so beautiful.
This piece about grandma was probably the hardest thing I've written - very grateful Southern Cultures allowed me to share her light with y’all
This piece about grandma was probably the hardest thing I've written - very grateful Southern Cultures allowed me to share her light with y’all
June 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Honored to be in the Hip Hop South special issue! Big love to my brotha Corey J. Miles for curating something so beautiful.
This piece about grandma was probably the hardest thing I've written - very grateful Southern Cultures allowed me to share her light with y’all
This piece about grandma was probably the hardest thing I've written - very grateful Southern Cultures allowed me to share her light with y’all
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"With great respect and meticulous research, [Dana] Williams reveals Morrison as a hard worker, a devoted literary citizen and one of the most important book editors of the 20th century." -- Martha Southgate
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
You Know the Novelist. Now Meet Toni Morrison the Editor.
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"With great respect and meticulous research, [Dana] Williams reveals Morrison as a hard worker, a devoted literary citizen and one of the most important book editors of the 20th century." -- Martha Southgate
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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“The water in us has perfect memory,” wrote Alexis Pauline Gumbs in our Floods issue last summer. Water, she writes, is both an ancestor and a mirror.
On floods, both literal and metaphorical, and what to learn from rising water.
On floods, both literal and metaphorical, and what to learn from rising water.
Sea Grape Consciousness
The trees teach us to unlearn the fear of change
orionmagazine.org
May 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“The water in us has perfect memory,” wrote Alexis Pauline Gumbs in our Floods issue last summer. Water, she writes, is both an ancestor and a mirror.
On floods, both literal and metaphorical, and what to learn from rising water.
On floods, both literal and metaphorical, and what to learn from rising water.
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Thank you for articulating this so well, Kelly Hayes and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social !
"_You struggle with the people who are there and who are willing to lock arms._ "
"_You struggle with the people who are there and who are willing to lock arms._ "
May 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thank you for articulating this so well, Kelly Hayes and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social !
"_You struggle with the people who are there and who are willing to lock arms._ "
"_You struggle with the people who are there and who are willing to lock arms._ "
I absolutely agree. We need to question AI and its impact. But some of this “crisis of humanity” stuff is overblown.
Students have always cheated. Cut and paste from Wikipedia. SparkNotes. Answers on the back of the calculator. Different forms but reflect a view many have always had of education
Students have always cheated. Cut and paste from Wikipedia. SparkNotes. Answers on the back of the calculator. Different forms but reflect a view many have always had of education
May 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I absolutely agree. We need to question AI and its impact. But some of this “crisis of humanity” stuff is overblown.
Students have always cheated. Cut and paste from Wikipedia. SparkNotes. Answers on the back of the calculator. Different forms but reflect a view many have always had of education
Students have always cheated. Cut and paste from Wikipedia. SparkNotes. Answers on the back of the calculator. Different forms but reflect a view many have always had of education
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Join us on May 14th at Who Owns Black Vol. 2: The Past in Danger for a dynamic keynote conversation featuring Tamara Lanier, Yeshimabeit Milner, Alondra Nelson, and Marisa Parham, with an introduction by Kim Gallon.
Register here❗️ www.eventbrite.com/e/wobd2-rece...
Register here❗️ www.eventbrite.com/e/wobd2-rece...
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Join us on May 14th at Who Owns Black Vol. 2: The Past in Danger for a dynamic keynote conversation featuring Tamara Lanier, Yeshimabeit Milner, Alondra Nelson, and Marisa Parham, with an introduction by Kim Gallon.
Register here❗️ www.eventbrite.com/e/wobd2-rece...
Register here❗️ www.eventbrite.com/e/wobd2-rece...
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Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine, eds @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me, will be available open access from @cambridgeup.bsky.social in May 2025. In a world of growing health inequity, radical social medicine has never been more urgent!
#histstm #histmed #sts
#histstm #histmed #sts
Medicine on a Larger Scale
Cambridge Core - History of Medicine - Medicine on a Larger Scale
www.cambridge.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine, eds @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me, will be available open access from @cambridgeup.bsky.social in May 2025. In a world of growing health inequity, radical social medicine has never been more urgent!
#histstm #histmed #sts
#histstm #histmed #sts
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Anthros- do your future self a favor and put this book on your syllabus as soon as you can. Will fit with intro to cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, economic anthropology, ethnographic methods, care theory, kinship theory, & much more.
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Anthros- do your future self a favor and put this book on your syllabus as soon as you can. Will fit with intro to cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, economic anthropology, ethnographic methods, care theory, kinship theory, & much more.
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this week!
if you're attending @appliedanthro.bsky.social's #SfAA2025 in portland, come check out my #SANA book panel on friday morning
i'm thrilled to be joined by five brilliant colleagues and to learn how they read my work. hope to see you there!
#SfAA #anthropology #appliedanthropology
if you're attending @appliedanthro.bsky.social's #SfAA2025 in portland, come check out my #SANA book panel on friday morning
i'm thrilled to be joined by five brilliant colleagues and to learn how they read my work. hope to see you there!
#SfAA #anthropology #appliedanthropology
March 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
this week!
if you're attending @appliedanthro.bsky.social's #SfAA2025 in portland, come check out my #SANA book panel on friday morning
i'm thrilled to be joined by five brilliant colleagues and to learn how they read my work. hope to see you there!
#SfAA #anthropology #appliedanthropology
if you're attending @appliedanthro.bsky.social's #SfAA2025 in portland, come check out my #SANA book panel on friday morning
i'm thrilled to be joined by five brilliant colleagues and to learn how they read my work. hope to see you there!
#SfAA #anthropology #appliedanthropology
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Learn more about the artists we celebrated at the Baltimore Museum of Art for their works for Slavery in Motion with remains // an archive with a new in-depth interview on our Substack! lifexcode.substack.com/p/diving-dee...
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Learn more about the artists we celebrated at the Baltimore Museum of Art for their works for Slavery in Motion with remains // an archive with a new in-depth interview on our Substack! lifexcode.substack.com/p/diving-dee...
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"Thinking doesn't happen in isolation - it happens between people." See how HPRS builds community for doctoral scholars pursuing health equity: youtu.be/qLnbVwFl3FU
Apps close for our FINAL cohort in just 5 days on March 11! Apply now: rwjf.org/cfp/hprs9
@rwjf.bsky.social @bsph-hpm.bsky.social
Apps close for our FINAL cohort in just 5 days on March 11! Apply now: rwjf.org/cfp/hprs9
@rwjf.bsky.social @bsph-hpm.bsky.social
Community and Belonging at HPRS
YouTube video by Health Policy Research Scholars
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March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Thinking doesn't happen in isolation - it happens between people." See how HPRS builds community for doctoral scholars pursuing health equity: youtu.be/qLnbVwFl3FU
Apps close for our FINAL cohort in just 5 days on March 11! Apply now: rwjf.org/cfp/hprs9
@rwjf.bsky.social @bsph-hpm.bsky.social
Apps close for our FINAL cohort in just 5 days on March 11! Apply now: rwjf.org/cfp/hprs9
@rwjf.bsky.social @bsph-hpm.bsky.social
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Postdoc Opportunity!
The Notre Dame’s Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to be located in the Department of Africana Studies, beginning in August 2025.
raceandresilience.nd.edu/news-and-eve...
The Notre Dame’s Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to be located in the Department of Africana Studies, beginning in August 2025.
raceandresilience.nd.edu/news-and-eve...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Initiative on Race and Resilience
Apply Now
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raceandresilience.nd.edu
March 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Postdoc Opportunity!
The Notre Dame’s Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to be located in the Department of Africana Studies, beginning in August 2025.
raceandresilience.nd.edu/news-and-eve...
The Notre Dame’s Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to be located in the Department of Africana Studies, beginning in August 2025.
raceandresilience.nd.edu/news-and-eve...
Never imagined I’d write a book but I’m thrilled to be working with @nyupress.bsky.social
The Spectral Defect: Clinical Afterlives of State Violence coming to shelves near you!
The Spectral Defect: Clinical Afterlives of State Violence coming to shelves near you!
February 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Never imagined I’d write a book but I’m thrilled to be working with @nyupress.bsky.social
The Spectral Defect: Clinical Afterlives of State Violence coming to shelves near you!
The Spectral Defect: Clinical Afterlives of State Violence coming to shelves near you!
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I’m honored to be part of For the Wild’s Earthly Reads Series and podcast. You can listen this beautiful conversation about a blackness that precedes all, an earthliness that is divine through the lens of Audre Lorde & learn more about the upcoming live events here
forthewild.world/listen/earth...
forthewild.world/listen/earth...
February 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I’m honored to be part of For the Wild’s Earthly Reads Series and podcast. You can listen this beautiful conversation about a blackness that precedes all, an earthliness that is divine through the lens of Audre Lorde & learn more about the upcoming live events here
forthewild.world/listen/earth...
forthewild.world/listen/earth...
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This was YEARS in the making but my first solo authored publication is out. I do more than rant on social media. I also study situational trust! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cooperating through distrust: seeking remedies to state and community violence
This article focuses on a crucial issue in Black politics: the spectrum of trust. Building on Monica Bell’s theory of situational trust, I explain how community members in three South Side Chicago ...
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February 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This was YEARS in the making but my first solo authored publication is out. I do more than rant on social media. I also study situational trust! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over your shoulder, you'll never write.
~ Nikki Giovanni ✨️✨️
~ Nikki Giovanni ✨️✨️
January 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over your shoulder, you'll never write.
~ Nikki Giovanni ✨️✨️
~ Nikki Giovanni ✨️✨️
Lawd my Ravens finna do it to me again 😪
January 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Lawd my Ravens finna do it to me again 😪
With the end of the semester approaching, and the passing of Nikki Giovanni, my students and I crafted a poem to sum up our time together. And, well, I’ve been crying for the last hour 😂
Idk, I thought I’d share….
Rest easy. Thug life (iykyk)
Idk, I thought I’d share….
Rest easy. Thug life (iykyk)
December 10, 2024 at 6:49 PM
With the end of the semester approaching, and the passing of Nikki Giovanni, my students and I crafted a poem to sum up our time together. And, well, I’ve been crying for the last hour 😂
Idk, I thought I’d share….
Rest easy. Thug life (iykyk)
Idk, I thought I’d share….
Rest easy. Thug life (iykyk)
you know those people
that ones that make you feel
at home
in your own skin
sometimes our heroes suck
and sometimes
they save lives
Thank you. Rest.
www.publicbooks.org/nikki-giovan...
that ones that make you feel
at home
in your own skin
sometimes our heroes suck
and sometimes
they save lives
Thank you. Rest.
www.publicbooks.org/nikki-giovan...
Nikki Giovanni on Rest, Love, and Care
“There is nothing supreme about being white.”
www.publicbooks.org
December 10, 2024 at 6:43 PM
you know those people
that ones that make you feel
at home
in your own skin
sometimes our heroes suck
and sometimes
they save lives
Thank you. Rest.
www.publicbooks.org/nikki-giovan...
that ones that make you feel
at home
in your own skin
sometimes our heroes suck
and sometimes
they save lives
Thank you. Rest.
www.publicbooks.org/nikki-giovan...
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Full scholarships for Black UK-domiciled PhD students, for research in any field, at Univ of Glasgow. Deadline 31 Jan. Details at this link: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...
December 3, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Full scholarships for Black UK-domiciled PhD students, for research in any field, at Univ of Glasgow. Deadline 31 Jan. Details at this link: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...