Steven Van Wolputte
@stevenvanwolputte.bsky.social
Social and cultural anthropologist with a focus on southern Africa, anthropology of life emerging, graphic anthropology. And comics.
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Congratulations to @comicsbeat.bsky.social and Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social which won an Eisner Award last night for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism!
Interview: Richard Ivan Jobs on how IN THE LAND OF THE LACANDÓN explores 'the history of knowledge production'
Richard Ivan Jobs on how In the Land of the Lacandón explores "who gets to speak, who gets to tell stories, and who gets to make histories."
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July 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Congratulations to @comicsbeat.bsky.social and Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social which won an Eisner Award last night for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism!
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In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism tells the story of French explorer's search for the “lost” Maya, deep in the Mexican jungle.
With 50 pages of graphic illustration, as well as photos, drawings, and a map, it's an impressive work.
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With 50 pages of graphic illustration, as well as photos, drawings, and a map, it's an impressive work.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism tells the story of French explorer's search for the “lost” Maya, deep in the Mexican jungle.
With 50 pages of graphic illustration, as well as photos, drawings, and a map, it's an impressive work.
buff.ly/RW8njIT
With 50 pages of graphic illustration, as well as photos, drawings, and a map, it's an impressive work.
buff.ly/RW8njIT
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My pet theory: part of the young-men-to-far-right pipeline today stems from the decline of punk rock as a subculture.
In earlier generations, a lot of angry, disaffected dudes got socialized into punk’s anti-corporate, lefty ethos.
Now, It’s YouTube and gaming spaces that often skew right.
In earlier generations, a lot of angry, disaffected dudes got socialized into punk’s anti-corporate, lefty ethos.
Now, It’s YouTube and gaming spaces that often skew right.
We have done many focus groups and surveys and etc etc on this subject and I gotta tell you, it's actually pretty much exactly correct that the solution to this is more guys having an older guy in their life tell them to pick up a skateboard or a guitar who cares
Pick up a skateboard or a guitar who cares
May 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My pet theory: part of the young-men-to-far-right pipeline today stems from the decline of punk rock as a subculture.
In earlier generations, a lot of angry, disaffected dudes got socialized into punk’s anti-corporate, lefty ethos.
Now, It’s YouTube and gaming spaces that often skew right.
In earlier generations, a lot of angry, disaffected dudes got socialized into punk’s anti-corporate, lefty ethos.
Now, It’s YouTube and gaming spaces that often skew right.
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“We wore crazy wigs & crazy outfits. So we were never trying to be glamourpusses. But we didn’t have a leader & we all contributed equally. I’m happy if anyone wants to think of me as eye candy nowadays.”
Wishing #KatePierson the biggest slice of happy today.
#HBD #KatePierson #TheB52s
Wishing #KatePierson the biggest slice of happy today.
#HBD #KatePierson #TheB52s
April 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
“We wore crazy wigs & crazy outfits. So we were never trying to be glamourpusses. But we didn’t have a leader & we all contributed equally. I’m happy if anyone wants to think of me as eye candy nowadays.”
Wishing #KatePierson the biggest slice of happy today.
#HBD #KatePierson #TheB52s
Wishing #KatePierson the biggest slice of happy today.
#HBD #KatePierson #TheB52s
@richardivanjobs.bsky.social :) :) :) thanks! Had quite a laugh when opening the box!!
April 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@richardivanjobs.bsky.social :) :) :) thanks! Had quite a laugh when opening the box!!
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Our thanks to those who helped us along: @rpanchasi.bsky.social @rebeccapscales.bsky.social @richardckeller.bsky.social @julesboykoff.bsky.social @elliottyoung.bsky.social @eandreweditor.bsky.social @nimishabarton.bsky.social @michaelgvann.bsky.social @llmunro.bsky.social @profpeabs.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today in the mail: the first copies of “In the land of the Lacandón: a graphic history of adventure and imperialism”, by Richard Ivan Jobs and yours truly.
Available at: www.mqup.ca/in-the-land-...
Available at: www.mqup.ca/in-the-land-...
April 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today in the mail: the first copies of “In the land of the Lacandón: a graphic history of adventure and imperialism”, by Richard Ivan Jobs and yours truly.
Available at: www.mqup.ca/in-the-land-...
Available at: www.mqup.ca/in-the-land-...
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In memoriam: Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist who bridged East and West www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/w...
Gananath Obeyesekere, 95, Dies; Anthropologist Bridged East and West
His wide-ranging work drew on field research in his native Sri Lanka as well as his extensive study of English literature and Christian mysticism.
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April 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In memoriam: Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist who bridged East and West www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/w...
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Une enquête choc mais peu convaincante sur l’ONG African Parks
Une enquête choc mais peu convaincante sur l’ONG African Parks
Le journaliste néerlandais Olivier van Beemen décrit une organisation dirigée par des Blancs sud-africains qui n’hésitent pas à violer les droits humains pour protéger la nature. Mais dans son réquisitoire, le point de vue des Etats africains qui traitent avec l’ONG est absent.
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April 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Une enquête choc mais peu convaincante sur l’ONG African Parks
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Save 30% on #NewBook "The Future of Futurity" by Purnima Mankekar & Akhil Gupta, which examines the lives and experiences of call center agents in India’s business process outsourcing industry, who live in Bengaluru and work for customers in the Global North. #SouthAsianStudies
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April 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Alice Conklin, historian & author of 'In the Museum of Man' & 'A Mission to Civilize' says
“This captivating graphic history is a wonderful teaching tool, showing how historians today can work with unpalatable materials inherited from colonialism.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
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“This captivating graphic history is a wonderful teaching tool, showing how historians today can work with unpalatable materials inherited from colonialism.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
bookshop.org/p/books/in-t...
In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism
A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism
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March 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Alice Conklin, historian & author of 'In the Museum of Man' & 'A Mission to Civilize' says
“This captivating graphic history is a wonderful teaching tool, showing how historians today can work with unpalatable materials inherited from colonialism.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
bookshop.org/p/books/in-t...
“This captivating graphic history is a wonderful teaching tool, showing how historians today can work with unpalatable materials inherited from colonialism.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
bookshop.org/p/books/in-t...
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Bernard Perley, UBC Indigenous anthropologist, author and illustrator of 'Going Native' says:
“Its intertextual strength lies in the comic genre, the historical analysis, and the Indigenous contributions.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
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“Its intertextual strength lies in the comic genre, the historical analysis, and the Indigenous contributions.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/in-the...
In The Land Of The Lacandón: A Graphic History Of Adventure And Imperialism Book By Richard Ivan Jobs,steven Van Wolputte, ('tp') | Indigo
Buy the book In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism by richard ivan jobs,steven van wolputte at Indigo
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March 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Bernard Perley, UBC Indigenous anthropologist, author and illustrator of 'Going Native' says:
“Its intertextual strength lies in the comic genre, the historical analysis, and the Indigenous contributions.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/in-the...
“Its intertextual strength lies in the comic genre, the historical analysis, and the Indigenous contributions.”
Preorders help! 🗃️
www.indigo.ca/en-ca/in-the...
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Meta used five of my books for AI training, including one about an alligator that joins the Air Force and another about Jose Canseco travelling through time.
March 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Meta used five of my books for AI training, including one about an alligator that joins the Air Force and another about Jose Canseco travelling through time.
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How can you nazi these similarities?
We’re Scholars Who Study Africa. The Cybertruck Looks Kind of Familiar.
Elon Musk was growing up in Pretoria when the Casspir patrolled the townships.
slate.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How can you nazi these similarities?
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March 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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🔦 Highlights | What does it mean to do anthropology like a friend? Marie Odgaard explores the ethics, tensions, and radical possibilities of friendship in ethnographic practice in this piece
Read it here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-conte...
#Anthropology #Ethics #Friendship
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#Anthropology #Ethics #Friendship
#MarieOdgaard — American Anthropologist
The Beautiful Friend by Marie Odgaard (University of Toronto) Growing up in a small town by the fjord, close to the west coast of Denmark, was in many ways a quiet life —at least in the early y...
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February 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🔦 Highlights | What does it mean to do anthropology like a friend? Marie Odgaard explores the ethics, tensions, and radical possibilities of friendship in ethnographic practice in this piece
Read it here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-conte...
#Anthropology #Ethics #Friendship
Read it here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-conte...
#Anthropology #Ethics #Friendship
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CfP for an international conference on the anthropology of sport at KU Leuven, Belgium
February 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
CfP for an international conference on the anthropology of sport at KU Leuven, Belgium
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Seattleites! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social is trying to setup a book talk at the Elliott Bay Book Company this summer. Preorders would help!
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In the Land of the Lacandón
A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism
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February 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Seattleites! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social is trying to setup a book talk at the Elliott Bay Book Company this summer. Preorders would help!
www.elliottbaybook.com/item/ixu8OOw...
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Mort de l’ancien président namibien Sam Nujoma, considéré comme le père de l’indépendance du pays
Mort de l’ancien président namibien Sam Nujoma, considéré comme le père de l’indépendance du pays
A la tête de la Swapo, le mouvement de libération qu’il avait cofondé, Sam Nujoma avait obtenu en 1990 l’indépendance de la Namibie vis-à-vis de l’Afrique du Sud. Il est mort, samedi, à l’âge de 95 ans.
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February 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Mort de l’ancien président namibien Sam Nujoma, considéré comme le père de l’indépendance du pays
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In a Namibian town, a Canadian company has left a legacy of 300,000 tons of arsenic waste. Many townsfolk are getting sick. And tests show high levels of arsenic in the soil, in the plants -- and the people.
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In Namibia, a Canadian copper company leaves a legacy of toxic waste
Sickness has been common for years in Tsumeb, where Dundee Precious Metals was the biggest employer for more than a decade. Tests have now found the soil is contaminated with arsenic and other heavy m...
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January 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In a Namibian town, a Canadian company has left a legacy of 300,000 tons of arsenic waste. Many townsfolk are getting sick. And tests show high levels of arsenic in the soil, in the plants -- and the people.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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A friendly reminder from an all time hero of mine.
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A friendly reminder from an all time hero of mine.
Neologism of my weekend: “enshitification”. Applies to many things.
February 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Neologism of my weekend: “enshitification”. Applies to many things.
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Article: Deep Hanging Out as Historical Research Methodology: The National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution. histanthro.org/bibliography...
Deep Hanging Out as Historical Research Methodology: The National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution
My path as a historian forever changed during my first year in the archives.When I began working at the National Anthropological Archives (NAA) in an ominous, cloudy box of a building near the end …
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January 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Article: Deep Hanging Out as Historical Research Methodology: The National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution. histanthro.org/bibliography...