Amina Soulimani
@soullimani.bsky.social
phd-ing @university of cape town. doctoral research fellow @humauct.bsky.social | medical anthro. STS. algorithms. futures. ethics of care 💭 alternatives.
Excited to learn and engage in Phase 2 of "The #futureofhospitals, from the South. Epistemologies & Experimentations" Workshop next week in Paris 😊
💭 Workshopping a paper "A Hard Believe Future: When the utopia of rules takes over medical care" in #Morocco.
💭 Workshopping a paper "A Hard Believe Future: When the utopia of rules takes over medical care" in #Morocco.
This workshop interrogates the #technologicalshifts that #AI brings to care and #hospitalcare, by mapping and scrutinizing the ethical quandaries that the euphoria for AI activates in a continent deemed to be at the frontiers of #transformativeAI
More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
June 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excited to learn and engage in Phase 2 of "The #futureofhospitals, from the South. Epistemologies & Experimentations" Workshop next week in Paris 😊
💭 Workshopping a paper "A Hard Believe Future: When the utopia of rules takes over medical care" in #Morocco.
💭 Workshopping a paper "A Hard Believe Future: When the utopia of rules takes over medical care" in #Morocco.
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My first book is called "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of AI."
Based on 6 years of work from Mexico to Greece to Palestine, it shares stories of people hurt by #bordertech
More info: thenewpress.com/books/walls-...
Some photos: www.petramolnar.com/the-walls-ha... 💙📚 #booksky
Based on 6 years of work from Mexico to Greece to Palestine, it shares stories of people hurt by #bordertech
More info: thenewpress.com/books/walls-...
Some photos: www.petramolnar.com/the-walls-ha... 💙📚 #booksky
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM
My first book is called "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of AI."
Based on 6 years of work from Mexico to Greece to Palestine, it shares stories of people hurt by #bordertech
More info: thenewpress.com/books/walls-...
Some photos: www.petramolnar.com/the-walls-ha... 💙📚 #booksky
Based on 6 years of work from Mexico to Greece to Palestine, it shares stories of people hurt by #bordertech
More info: thenewpress.com/books/walls-...
Some photos: www.petramolnar.com/the-walls-ha... 💙📚 #booksky
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We’re excited to kick off the 2025 Summer School in Responsible AI and Human Rights with an incredible new cohort of participants! From insightful keynotes to hands-on workshops, the energy and curiosity in the room are already setting the tone for a transformative week. @umontreal-en.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We’re excited to kick off the 2025 Summer School in Responsible AI and Human Rights with an incredible new cohort of participants! From insightful keynotes to hands-on workshops, the energy and curiosity in the room are already setting the tone for a transformative week. @umontreal-en.bsky.social
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📚 Apply for the HUMA Visiting Fellowship Programme
The HUMA #VisitingFellowship Programme is intended to create supportive and productive relationships with a particular emphasis on appropriate partnerships in other parts of the #South.
Visit our website: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/huma-vi...
The HUMA #VisitingFellowship Programme is intended to create supportive and productive relationships with a particular emphasis on appropriate partnerships in other parts of the #South.
Visit our website: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/huma-vi...
May 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
📚 Apply for the HUMA Visiting Fellowship Programme
The HUMA #VisitingFellowship Programme is intended to create supportive and productive relationships with a particular emphasis on appropriate partnerships in other parts of the #South.
Visit our website: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/huma-vi...
The HUMA #VisitingFellowship Programme is intended to create supportive and productive relationships with a particular emphasis on appropriate partnerships in other parts of the #South.
Visit our website: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/huma-vi...
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Our Director, Assoc. Prof @divinefuh.bsky.social inaugurated the 40th Anniversary of the Centre of African Studies at the
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"
Photo credits: Freja Wille
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"
Photo credits: Freja Wille
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our Director, Assoc. Prof @divinefuh.bsky.social inaugurated the 40th Anniversary of the Centre of African Studies at the
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"
Photo credits: Freja Wille
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"
Photo credits: Freja Wille
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"Is AI Worth It?" @jathansadowski.com @wolvendamien.bsky.social @danmcquillan.bsky.social and I say... hrmmm, maybe?
Just kidding, we say definitely not.
www.nobhillgazette.com/feature/is-a...
Just kidding, we say definitely not.
www.nobhillgazette.com/feature/is-a...
Is AI Worth It? A Growing Number of Artificial-Intelligence Skeptics Is Raising Doubts About a Utopian Future
If you listen to the heads of artificial-intelligence companies, the venture capitalists investing in them, the researchers and software engineers developing new models and apps, or the numerous techn...
www.nobhillgazette.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Is AI Worth It?" @jathansadowski.com @wolvendamien.bsky.social @danmcquillan.bsky.social and I say... hrmmm, maybe?
Just kidding, we say definitely not.
www.nobhillgazette.com/feature/is-a...
Just kidding, we say definitely not.
www.nobhillgazette.com/feature/is-a...
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We are pleased to announce that @humauct.bsky.social
Director @divinefuh.bsky.social will be delivering the keynote lecture of the #Universityofcopenhagen Centre for #AfricanStudies' 40th Anniversary on April 25 💫
Read more: teol.ku.dk/cas/news/cal...
Director @divinefuh.bsky.social will be delivering the keynote lecture of the #Universityofcopenhagen Centre for #AfricanStudies' 40th Anniversary on April 25 💫
Read more: teol.ku.dk/cas/news/cal...
March 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We are pleased to announce that @humauct.bsky.social
Director @divinefuh.bsky.social will be delivering the keynote lecture of the #Universityofcopenhagen Centre for #AfricanStudies' 40th Anniversary on April 25 💫
Read more: teol.ku.dk/cas/news/cal...
Director @divinefuh.bsky.social will be delivering the keynote lecture of the #Universityofcopenhagen Centre for #AfricanStudies' 40th Anniversary on April 25 💫
Read more: teol.ku.dk/cas/news/cal...
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Reminder 📣📣 Only 3 days left to send your submissions for the #ASAA2025 6th Biennale | Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde this September 🌍
📝 CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...
♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
📝 CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...
♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
March 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reminder 📣📣 Only 3 days left to send your submissions for the #ASAA2025 6th Biennale | Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde this September 🌍
📝 CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...
♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
📝 CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...
♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
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Our upcoming Ataya Seminar will host Marcelo C. Rosa ( #UFRRJ - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro) | Ontoformativity: ontological politics, land struggles and theoretical challenges for the social sciences
🟥 March 13 | 13:00 SAST
Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/.../marcelo-....
🟥 March 13 | 13:00 SAST
Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/.../marcelo-....
March 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Our upcoming Ataya Seminar will host Marcelo C. Rosa ( #UFRRJ - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro) | Ontoformativity: ontological politics, land struggles and theoretical challenges for the social sciences
🟥 March 13 | 13:00 SAST
Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/.../marcelo-....
🟥 March 13 | 13:00 SAST
Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/.../marcelo-....
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In this op-ed our #HUMATeam Postdoctoral Research Fellow Tigist Shewarega Hussen and co-author Munira Abdelmenan reflect on their participation at the AfWID Conference in January
Published in Feminist Internet Research Network
🔗Read: firn.genderit.org/blog/african...
Published in Feminist Internet Research Network
🔗Read: firn.genderit.org/blog/african...
February 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In this op-ed our #HUMATeam Postdoctoral Research Fellow Tigist Shewarega Hussen and co-author Munira Abdelmenan reflect on their participation at the AfWID Conference in January
Published in Feminist Internet Research Network
🔗Read: firn.genderit.org/blog/african...
Published in Feminist Internet Research Network
🔗Read: firn.genderit.org/blog/african...
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The #HUMATeam would like to send a big thank you to all who make our work and research possible -- especially to our funders and supporters💫
Watch the full video on the HUMA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/Bghdt8h9EqE?...
Watch the full video on the HUMA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/Bghdt8h9EqE?...
Thank You from HUMA!
YouTube video by HUMA
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February 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The #HUMATeam would like to send a big thank you to all who make our work and research possible -- especially to our funders and supporters💫
Watch the full video on the HUMA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/Bghdt8h9EqE?...
Watch the full video on the HUMA YouTube channel!
youtu.be/Bghdt8h9EqE?...
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This week at #HUMA, Professor Matheus Gato (University of Campinas) presented research & public intervention projects he initiated in #SãoPaulo aiming to disrupt #Eurocentric curriculums and deploy the #digitalhumanities to rethink anti-biased technologies for the welfare of #blackBrazilians.
Digital Humanities Tackling Discrimination and Racism: Brazilian Professor Matheus Gato Speaks to the HUMA Team
On Tuesday, 11th of February, Professor Matheus Gato presented two research and public intervention projects he initiated in São Paulo to the HUMA Team.
humanities.uct.ac.za
February 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This week at #HUMA, Professor Matheus Gato (University of Campinas) presented research & public intervention projects he initiated in #SãoPaulo aiming to disrupt #Eurocentric curriculums and deploy the #digitalhumanities to rethink anti-biased technologies for the welfare of #blackBrazilians.
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Review: Coming right after the Los Angeles fires rattled the film community, the vibe at this year’s Sundance Film Festival at the weekend was understandably muted. With features from Kenya, Sudan, and Tunisia, Africa had a charming, if sparse, showing.
Review: Africa at Sundance: libraries, war, and road trips
Of the 94 feature films at the festival, only three were African – and yet, vital voices still emerged.
continent.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Review: Coming right after the Los Angeles fires rattled the film community, the vibe at this year’s Sundance Film Festival at the weekend was understandably muted. With features from Kenya, Sudan, and Tunisia, Africa had a charming, if sparse, showing.
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Have you submitted your panel, abstract or workshop proposal to #ASAA2025? The 6th Biennial Conference of the #AfricanStudies Association of #Africa is hosted by the University of #CaboVerde (Uni-CV), in Praia.
💡Theme: African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future
💡Theme: African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future
ASAA2025 Call for Submissions
ASAA2025: 6th Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa Uni-CV – Praia – Cabo Verde, 24–27 September 2025 Deadline: March 15, 2025
humanities.uct.ac.za
February 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Have you submitted your panel, abstract or workshop proposal to #ASAA2025? The 6th Biennial Conference of the #AfricanStudies Association of #Africa is hosted by the University of #CaboVerde (Uni-CV), in Praia.
💡Theme: African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future
💡Theme: African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future
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Heartfelt congratulations to our #HUMATeam Doctoral Research Fellow Naledi Maponopono on her appointment as a board member of the PAN #SouthAfrican Language Board (PanSALB) 🎊 🎊 🎊
Read about Naledi's Appointment: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
Read about Naledi's Appointment: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
February 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Heartfelt congratulations to our #HUMATeam Doctoral Research Fellow Naledi Maponopono on her appointment as a board member of the PAN #SouthAfrican Language Board (PanSALB) 🎊 🎊 🎊
Read about Naledi's Appointment: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
Read about Naledi's Appointment: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
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Doctoral Research Fellow Billan Omar published her first book: "Soomaali Mi'yaa? Exploring Somalinimo in South Africa" through Langaa RPCIG.📚
The book is based on fieldwork in the #Somali community in Cape Town.
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social
africanbookscollective.com/books/soomaa...
The book is based on fieldwork in the #Somali community in Cape Town.
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social
africanbookscollective.com/books/soomaa...
February 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Doctoral Research Fellow Billan Omar published her first book: "Soomaali Mi'yaa? Exploring Somalinimo in South Africa" through Langaa RPCIG.📚
The book is based on fieldwork in the #Somali community in Cape Town.
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social
africanbookscollective.com/books/soomaa...
The book is based on fieldwork in the #Somali community in Cape Town.
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social
africanbookscollective.com/books/soomaa...
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It occurs to me, for no reason in particular, that I should put this starter pack back in circulation
go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC
go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC
February 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It occurs to me, for no reason in particular, that I should put this starter pack back in circulation
go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC
go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC
What an incredible thinking and growth journey! You can find my book chapter 'We Sent Your Blood to France’: A Moroccan Study Case of Genomic (Im)mobility as part of the Future Hospitals: #4IR and ethics of care in Africa research cluster- exploring #Datamobility & French-Morocco biomedical politics
We invite you to explore the latest publications of the Future Hospitals: 4IR and ethics of care in Africa #HUMAResearch Cluster - supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social
#HUMATeam - Explore publications:
humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/researc...
#HUMATeam - Explore publications:
humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/researc...
January 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
What an incredible thinking and growth journey! You can find my book chapter 'We Sent Your Blood to France’: A Moroccan Study Case of Genomic (Im)mobility as part of the Future Hospitals: #4IR and ethics of care in Africa research cluster- exploring #Datamobility & French-Morocco biomedical politics
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A delightful thing to have Reader (MIT Press) publish this excerpt from Numbered Lives and to have Pop Sci, The Verge, and Slate pick it up! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/surveillance...
Surveillance and the Secret History of 19th-Century Wearable Tech
From jealous spouses to paranoid bosses, 19th-century pedometers quantified suspicion and reshaped the dynamics of surveillance.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
A delightful thing to have Reader (MIT Press) publish this excerpt from Numbered Lives and to have Pop Sci, The Verge, and Slate pick it up! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/surveillance...
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one of the beautiful but difficult aspects of doing really great anti-colonial interdisciplinary work is knowing and sharing your limits without hiding your rigour and love of reading and research. it is a painful requirement: one must hit a wall and also keep moving, lovingly.
January 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
one of the beautiful but difficult aspects of doing really great anti-colonial interdisciplinary work is knowing and sharing your limits without hiding your rigour and love of reading and research. it is a painful requirement: one must hit a wall and also keep moving, lovingly.
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Every time I think I have a grip on how genius this book is, it turns out there’s more and more and more
Endlessly thankful for @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
Endlessly thankful for @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Every time I think I have a grip on how genius this book is, it turns out there’s more and more and more
Endlessly thankful for @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
Endlessly thankful for @demonicgrounds.bsky.social
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📚📚📚New Book Review! 📚📚📚
Tomoki Fukui reviews //Nuclear Ghost: Atomic livelihoods in Fukushima's gray zone// by Ryo Morimoto 2023 @ucpress.bsky.social #AnthroSky #Anthropology
Find it here: ⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
Tomoki Fukui reviews //Nuclear Ghost: Atomic livelihoods in Fukushima's gray zone// by Ryo Morimoto 2023 @ucpress.bsky.social #AnthroSky #Anthropology
Find it here: ⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
November 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM
📚📚📚New Book Review! 📚📚📚
Tomoki Fukui reviews //Nuclear Ghost: Atomic livelihoods in Fukushima's gray zone// by Ryo Morimoto 2023 @ucpress.bsky.social #AnthroSky #Anthropology
Find it here: ⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
Tomoki Fukui reviews //Nuclear Ghost: Atomic livelihoods in Fukushima's gray zone// by Ryo Morimoto 2023 @ucpress.bsky.social #AnthroSky #Anthropology
Find it here: ⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
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‘Around 5 per cent of global trade goes through the Panama Canal, 2400 miles south-east of the southern tip of Texas, and 74 per cent of the total volume of cargo is carried to or from the US.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on Trump’s trade routes, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on Trump’s trade routes, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
Laleh Khalili | Trump’s Trade Routes
While Trump’s schemes to impose tariffs on Chinese, Canadian, Mexican and European imports have been taken seriously...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘Around 5 per cent of global trade goes through the Panama Canal, 2400 miles south-east of the southern tip of Texas, and 74 per cent of the total volume of cargo is carried to or from the US.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on Trump’s trade routes, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on Trump’s trade routes, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
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My latest for @newscientist.bsky.social is a response to a reader question about how we know that dark matter isn't just dust! It's a nice thing to take a break with, given everything else happening in our corner of the universe.
Ask your library for access!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Ask your library for access!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Why we should talk about invisible matter, not dark matter
The word "dark" is misleading when it comes to dark matter, because it suggests there is some kind of absorption of light happening, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
www.newscientist.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My latest for @newscientist.bsky.social is a response to a reader question about how we know that dark matter isn't just dust! It's a nice thing to take a break with, given everything else happening in our corner of the universe.
Ask your library for access!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Ask your library for access!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...