Paul Christensen
@takadanobaba.bsky.social
Cultural anthropologists, mostly Japan, think Takadanobaba is pretty neat.
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New book! Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo, under contract with @cornellupress.bsky.social
New book! Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo, under contract with @cornellupress.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New book! Fraught Futures: Hope, Connection, and the Unhoused across Tokyo, under contract with @cornellupress.bsky.social
The US obsession with personalized license plates is weird - where desperate demands for individualizing attention meet bureaucratic surveillance through status quo affirming propaganda.
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The US obsession with personalized license plates is weird - where desperate demands for individualizing attention meet bureaucratic surveillance through status quo affirming propaganda.
Time to watch season 2 again (cause it's unquestionably the best season)...
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Time to watch season 2 again (cause it's unquestionably the best season)...
Entry number infinity on the "not for beginners" list.
A New Symbol of the Brazilian Right: the American Flag
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Entry number infinity on the "not for beginners" list.
Terre Haute's realest real one.
September 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Terre Haute's realest real one.
WTF Brazil?! The sushirrito was begging for a cartoon depiction and instead you went full on racist caricature...
August 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
WTF Brazil?! The sushirrito was begging for a cartoon depiction and instead you went full on racist caricature...
JFC this is particularly disturbing in an already disturbed world!
Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
JFC this is particularly disturbing in an already disturbed world!
"What is of value in any society, whatever the mode of production, will be judged according to the imaginative and ethical principles guiding communal life" is a great distillation of Graeber by @leninology.bsky.social.
www.lrb.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"What is of value in any society, whatever the mode of production, will be judged according to the imaginative and ethical principles guiding communal life" is a great distillation of Graeber by @leninology.bsky.social.
This whole thing is some full on 1984, there is no true, terrifying bullshit.
July 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This whole thing is some full on 1984, there is no true, terrifying bullshit.
A king I could recognize.
July 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A king I could recognize.
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Newly published, this paper by Paul Christensen, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Charles Crabtree and Charles McClean looks at the implementation of the SDGs in Japan: academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps
Abstract. In this article, we consider how efforts by the Japanese government and private sector to make the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
academic.oup.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Newly published, this paper by Paul Christensen, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Charles Crabtree and Charles McClean looks at the implementation of the SDGs in Japan: academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
Reposted by Paul Christensen
Japan elected a record 42 women to the Upper House—a step forward for gender representation.
But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality.
@takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree
academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality.
@takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree
academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps
Abstract. In this article, we consider how efforts by the Japanese government and private sector to make the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
academic.oup.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Japan elected a record 42 women to the Upper House—a step forward for gender representation.
But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality.
@takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree
academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
But our article shows how visible progress in some areas can coexist with deeper patterns of inequality.
@takadanobaba.bsky.social, @clsturtz.bsky.social, Charles Crabtree
academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
#linguisticlandscape is Brazilian coffee chain borrowing Japanese aesthetics and Euro-American gentrification in Rio
July 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#linguisticlandscape is Brazilian coffee chain borrowing Japanese aesthetics and Euro-American gentrification in Rio
It's almost as if the administrative class wants to cultivate a world where we are indebted and obedient...
Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's almost as if the administrative class wants to cultivate a world where we are indebted and obedient...
I wrote an article on the absurdity of Japan's use of the SDGs with @clsturtz.bsky.social, @cmcclean.bsky.social, and Charles Crabtree. We think it's pretty good... Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps url: academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
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academic.oup.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I wrote an article on the absurdity of Japan's use of the SDGs with @clsturtz.bsky.social, @cmcclean.bsky.social, and Charles Crabtree. We think it's pretty good... Selective development goals: examining Japan’s SDG implementation gaps url: academic.oup.com/ssjj/article...
No end the depths of hostility
July 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
No end the depths of hostility
Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, nothing but righteous bangers.
July 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, nothing but righteous bangers.
Unless the '26 World Cup does it first...
My latest @theguardian.com "The IOC handed LA the 2028 Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them." Trump has a secret weapon to turn the Games into a national-security crackdown—the National Special Security Event designation, (NSSE)—& we need to be talking about it www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
The IOC handed LA the Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them | Jules Boykoff
As the IOC ushers in new leadership, Donald Trump’s second term is already wreaking havoc on LA 28 – and turning a global celebration into a national security crackdown
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Unless the '26 World Cup does it first...
Nature's rebellion.
June 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Nature's rebellion.
Ratio of Harley riders flipping the bird and screaming obscenities to #nokingsprotest, no matter how many kids are around, is a perfect 1:1
June 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ratio of Harley riders flipping the bird and screaming obscenities to #nokingsprotest, no matter how many kids are around, is a perfect 1:1
Tokyo's governor loves to talk about a future where everyone can "shine." I wrote about why I think that's politically motivated nonsense...
The Fictitious Shine of Japan’s Future | Asia-Pacific Journal | Cambridge Core
The Fictitious Shine of Japan’s Future - Volume 23
www.cambridge.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tokyo's governor loves to talk about a future where everyone can "shine." I wrote about why I think that's politically motivated nonsense...
IU used to be the thing marooned Hoosiers could point to when asked "Why the fuck did you move to Indiana?!?" Not anymore...
Indiana's governor fired all the elected members of Indiana University's Board of Trustees. Given a recent policy change, he'll be able to fill those seats with appointees. Which means he'll basically have unilateral control over IU decisions, including who gets hired, tenured, and fired.
June 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
IU used to be the thing marooned Hoosiers could point to when asked "Why the fuck did you move to Indiana?!?" Not anymore...
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Beneath all the propaganda, all the nice words about human rights and equality and international law, this is it. This is the material manifestation of Western values.
May 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Beneath all the propaganda, all the nice words about human rights and equality and international law, this is it. This is the material manifestation of Western values.
Had to go to the ER last night (I'm fine). General vibe is cops, guns, and yelling at people without insurance, especially if they're on drugs. All before police brought a DUI who was cuffed and told to puke into a plastic bag without help, and then three gunshot victims followed.
June 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Had to go to the ER last night (I'm fine). General vibe is cops, guns, and yelling at people without insurance, especially if they're on drugs. All before police brought a DUI who was cuffed and told to puke into a plastic bag without help, and then three gunshot victims followed.
Reposted by Paul Christensen
A beautiful story and amazing science from @oceanana.bsky.social, former fish biologist with @noaa.gov, with a stunning visual by science artist Kayla Y Lim!
Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi...
#sciencematters #scicomm
Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi...
#sciencematters #scicomm
Ana Vaz, Fish Biologist
From the time she was nine years old, Ana Vaz dreamed of becoming an oceanographer. She sees everything in the ocean as interconnected. She’s passionate about understanding those connections.
silencedsciencestories.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A beautiful story and amazing science from @oceanana.bsky.social, former fish biologist with @noaa.gov, with a stunning visual by science artist Kayla Y Lim!
Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi...
#sciencematters #scicomm
Read the full story on our website! @silencedscience.bsky.social silencedsciencestories.com/f/ana-vaz-fi...
#sciencematters #scicomm