Nikhit Agrawal
technofixcritic.bsky.social
Nikhit Agrawal
@technofixcritic.bsky.social
Anthropology PhD candidate at UCLA. Climate change, tech entrepreneurship, agriculture.
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Nick’s book “Homesick” comes out in a month! The book asks the question of how shelter became exposure in the US and what we can do about it. www.dukeupress.edu/homesick (discount code: E25SHPRO)
September 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Some time ago, Ana Chiritoiu and I co-edited an SI on Anthropologies of Capture, in which we proposed capture as a generative anthropological analytic. Read our Introduction here and see if you're captivated (and remember, disagreement is also a form of capture!): doi.org/10.3167/sa.2... (1/6)
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Anthropologists: please support @sapiens.org magazine and staff (who are trying to unionise!) by writing a letter to the Wenner-Gren Foundation that may choose to shut it down. At a time in which eugenics 2.0 is now debated in US politics, people need anthropology!

actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
Support Needed for SAPIENS Magazine and its Staff Union!
We, SAPIENS staff, write to our supporters with an urgent request for support. We were informed this week that our funder, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, may choose to close SAPIENS Anthropology Magazine...
actionnetwork.org
May 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Written 70k+ words of my
dissertation and now stuck on the conclusion.
Maybe I don’t know what to do with it.
Maybe I’m just not ready to let it go yet.
Maybe both.
Maybe neither.
May 19, 2025 at 1:12 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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"Bayer’s shares have declined about 80 per cent since it took over the US’s Monsanto in 2018." + over 5000 people were let go.

The curse of bigness in action. So much for the argument that corporate mergers are necessary to spur growth, create jobs, etc.

www.ft.com/content/38cd...
Bayer warns of third straight year of falling profits amid turnaround effort
Chief executive raises hope for recovery from 2026
www.ft.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Could tech solutions for sustainable agriculture obscure structural violence? In-depth take on how blitzscaled climate programmes risk harm despite good intentions. #Sustainability #ClimateJustice

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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"What is Ramadan – and other questions answered: A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed and the ignorant."

For my non-Muslim friends, and haters!, I wrote this guide to Ramadan and fasting almost 15 years (!) ago.
Mehdi Hasan: What is Ramadan - and other questions answered
A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed and the ignorant.
www.newstatesman.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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With the all the attacks on our community I thought I’d post this again. Might save a life.
February 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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I just sent some $$$ to Give Directly, which is giving cash aid for essentials to low-income families displaced by the LA wildfires. Please consider sending a few dollars, every bit helps.
Give money directly to low-income families impacted by the L.A. wildfires, reaching them quickly and fully remotely + empowering them spend on what they need most ⬇️ GiveDirectly.org/fires
Cash Relief for Wildfire Survivors | GiveDirectly
Donate directly to help low-income survivors in Southern California rebuild and recover from the devastating wildfires.
GiveDirectly.org
January 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Here is a statement by my colleague Katherine Franke about the end of her time teaching at Columbia. Please read it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i4cO...
Statement from Katherine Franke.pdf
drive.google.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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A starter pack for folks in STSFAN
Give me a shout if you want to be added, or taken off

bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 30, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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Let's make this a thing! Folks researching the political economy of food and agriculture. Let me know if you should be added to this list!
go.bsky.app/GykU1LD
December 3, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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I had the pleasure of having @technofixcritic.bsky.social as a guest lecturer in my #EnviroAnthro course this semester. I highly recommend that you assign this paper! I have several well-intentioned students who want to go out in the world and "solve" environmental issues, +
December 4, 2024 at 2:07 AM