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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 1d

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 1d

Bu hafta da hem aldattigi hem onun yuzunden kaza geciren hem de hafizasini kaybeden karisina kendisini teselli ettirmesi soku

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American Anthropologist @amanthro.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Ieva Jusionyte on being named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Check out their 2018 article "Called to 'Ankle Alley': Tactical Infrastructure, Migrant Injuries, and Emergency Medical Services on the US–Mexico Border" #Anthropology #MacFellow

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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

In southern Arizona, emergency responders rescue and transport unauthorized migrants who get hurt crossing the border, either when scaling the steel fence in urban areas or taking remote and dangerou....

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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 4d

This has been a journey! @christopherewing.bsky.social and I are proud to announce the forthcoming publication (with Palgrave) of "Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World" bringing together the work of brilliant historians and German studies scholars working on queer 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 printed media

Cover of the edited volume Reading Queer Media in the German Speaking World: New Approaches to print Sources published by Palgrave. The cover image is a 35mm black and white photo of a show in a queer club with two individuals in pup wear reading media during the performance.

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 11d

Good morning #DGSKA peeps, come check out our panel, Who‘s afraid of anti racism, at 14:00 today! I’m gonna be talking about studying whiteness as an anti racist strategy.

boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 21d

Out now!
The boasblog: "Who’s afraid of anti-racism?"
A roundtable explores anthropology’s colonial legacies, resistance to anti-racist initiatives, and how to build a discipline committed to justice and inclusion.

Give it a look:
boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...

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Racism has been a contentious topic within anthropology. Broadly speaking, the discipline has had a long history of engagement with—whether critical against, conniving at, or even productive of—racial...

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 16d

(2/2) Other presentations include P059: "Un/Commoning Migration", P034: "Challenging Universal Rights with the Commons or Uncommons" and P011 "Common(ing) Values and Values In-Common".

See you in Cologne next week!

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 19d

💫Reminder💫 Only one week left!

Un/Commoning - Conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

29.09 - 2.10.2025 in Cologne

Go and check out the program
tagung.dgska.de/zeitplan/#ti...

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Anthropology of Global Inequalities Research Group @anthroglobineq.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to attend this year's German Social Anthropology Meeting in Cologne next week. Members of our working group participate in P057: "Who is afraid of anti-racism?", P061 "Beyond Condemnations", and P001: "Commoning Solidarities Beyond Differences?" (1/2)

DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · 19d

💫Reminder💫 Only one week left!

Un/Commoning - Conference of the German Association of Social and Cultural Anthropology

29.09 - 2.10.2025 in Cologne

Go and check out the program
tagung.dgska.de/zeitplan/#ti...

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Dec 5

Are you following @amanthro.bsky.social? 👀

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 18d

This is such a loss for the program and the university. Durba is a generous, intellectual powerhouse. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

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boasblogs @boasblogs.bsky.social · 21d

Out now!
The boasblog: "Who’s afraid of anti-racism?"
A roundtable explores anthropology’s colonial legacies, resistance to anti-racist initiatives, and how to build a discipline committed to justice and inclusion.

Give it a look:
boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...

Boasblogs •

Racism has been a contentious topic within anthropology. Broadly speaking, the discipline has had a long history of engagement with—whether critical against, conniving at, or even productive of—racial...

boasblogs.org

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Carna Brkovic @charnab.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.ameliahruby.com/blog/getting...

all the tools I use to replace Google, Facebook & Amazon — Amelia Hruby

Over the past few years, I’ve started to care more and more about how private companies surveil and monetize our online activities. I think it started in 2019 when Shoshana Zuboff’s book The Age of S...

www.ameliahruby.com

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kendi de SHP’den geçmiş

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American Anthropologist @amanthro.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're more than halfway through 2025, so we're revisiting some of the most-read AA articles so far this year! First up is Alpa Shah's "When decolonization is hijacked" #OpenAccess #Anthropology

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Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland - ISD Berlin @isdberlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Die ersten Schilder hängen schon….

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Robbie Aitken @rjmauk.bsky.social · Aug 21

www.rbb24.de/panorama/bei...

Mohrenstraße in Mitte wird am Samstag umbenannt

Die Mohrenstraße in Mitte bekommt am Samstag einen neuen Namen. Anlässlich der Umbenennung ist dort an der Wilhelmstraße ein kleines Fest geplant.

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Aug 13

Congratulations Zeynep! Here's an interview with the author you can listen to: newbooksnetwork.com/gendered-for...

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Aug 9

I wish this were a hybrid course!

Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Feel free to write to me if you have any questions!

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EASA @easainfo.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 @amanthro.bsky.social invites pitches for its new Highlights section, featuring creative, experimental, and critical work from early-career anthropologists.

Submit 200-word pitches to Armanc Yildiz: [email protected]
🔗 bit.ly/3QhJKoF

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American Anthropologist @amanthro.bsky.social · Aug 5

🎙️ Highlights | Check out our own @armanc.bsky.social l in conversation with @emmabunkley.bsky.social about her powerful article, “The Weight of Rumor,” from the June 2025 issue of American Anthropologist.

Listen here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-conte...

#AnthroSky #MedAnthro

#EmmaNelsonBunkley — American Anthropologist

by Armanc Yildiz In this edition of Highlights, Emma Nelson Bunkley joins us to discuss her compelling article, “ The Weight of Rumor ,” published in the June 2025 issue of American Anthropologist...

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Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · Jul 30

#OTD 30.7.1898 starb Otto v Bismarck.
Bis heute wird er als einiger Deutschlands bewundert, seine unrühmliche Rolle im Kolonialismus wird verdrängt. Nicht nur machte er das Deutsche Reich zur Kolonialmacht, er wirkte an entscheidender Stelle bei Aufteilung Afrikas mit. /2

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Jul 26

Are you ready for the havoc Anadol will likely wreak on this article?

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Jul 26

It’s like they are actively trying not to learn anything from the Mamdani campaign

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · Jul 26

Such an Aquarius thing to say!

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American Anthropologist @amanthro.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 Our June 2025 issue is out! 🚨
Includes 5 research articles + two special sections:
✨ Unsettling the Self: Autoethnography and Related Kin
🕯️ Ethnographies of a Dying Discipline—Anthropology in the 21st Century

Read here: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15481433...
#AnthroSky #Anthropology

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Click on the title to browse this issue

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