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Ben Hildred

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Anthropologist of Sport at Durham. Director of INSA (sportanthro.bsky.social). Researching sport & social change. Cricket & Reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

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Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social · Sep 8

v happy to be working on new projects, in ‘new’ island places, fortutiously intersecting in one of my favourite towns, Trincomalee: on the conflated histories/present of militarisation & leisure in Ceylon/Sri Lanka + the making of place through photography everydayphotography.org/journal/stud...

Studio East: Everyday Photography and the Militarisation of Leisure in Trincomalee - Eidolon Journal

by Vindhya Buthpitiya This essay by Vindhya Buthpitiya is the result of her research supported by the inaugural Eidolon Grant, awarded in 2024. Studio East: Everyday Photography and the Militarisation...

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Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Aug 18

Huge thanks to Mark & Nick - I really enjoyed chatting to them about my research last week!

Conversations like these remind me that working in Sri Lanka was an honour, and get me excited about the future of cricket on the island. If anyone wants to learn more, get in touch.

Mark Machado @markmachado.bsky.social · Aug 18

My chat about Cricket and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka with @bhildred.bsky.social & Nick Brookes:

youtu.be/zgqJHFawN7k

Can Cricket help Sri Lanka on it's path to Reconciliation

YouTube video by Cricket Smash

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Jul 16

Lastly: If you're interested in reviewing the book, please get in touch and I can organise a copy to be sent to you!

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm grateful to co-editors Sean Heath, Henrike Neuhaus, and Thomas Carter for their hard work and support, and contributors Arthur Gaillard, Gwyneth Talley, Julia Haß, Francesco Fanoli and Jasmin Seijbel. Putting together the final manuscript is far easier when the content is so rich and exciting!

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Jul 16

In the book, we show how the #digital age has changed #ethnography on #sport, how it affected our methods, our analysis – and most pertinently – our relationship with our interlocutors.

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Jul 16

This book emerged out of discussions in @sportanthro.bsky.social, when we realised the impact digital technologies and media had on our fieldwork in sporting contexts.

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm really happy to announce our new edited volume, Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Collaboration, and Representation in the Digital Age!

You can order the book here: vernonpress.com/book/2290.

Educators, please consider adding it to your reading lists and ordering to your libraries.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · Jul 2

Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans

GeekTyrant @geektyrant.com · Jul 2

Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise

Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise

It looks like Indiana Jones might actually be headed for the reboot treatment. According to a recent report from DisInsider , Disney and Lucasfilm are considering a full relaunch of the iconic adventure...

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Jul 1

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

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Jasmin Seijbel (she/her) @jasminseijbel.bsky.social · Jun 10

Together with @bhildred.bsky.social, @arthurgaillard.bsky.social & others we shared insights from the book - I talked a bit about my chapter 'Doing Vulnerability in the Digital Age: On Researching Discrimination in Football Fandom'. Curious about the book? Get it here: vernonpress.com/book/2290 3/3

Anthropology in Sporting Worlds - Edited Volume

Knowledge, Collaboration, and Representation in the Digital Age

vernonpress.com

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Bridget Alex @bridgetalex.bsky.social · May 24

Help save SAPIENS magazine! The Wenner-Gren Foundation, our funder, may decide to close the magazine in the coming weeks. But the Board of Trustees hasn't made its final decision. A letter from you could help! Sign here: 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...

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Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Apr 27

a man is smiling in front of a poster for indiana jones

ALT: a man is smiling in front of a poster for indiana jones

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Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Mar 8

First things thrown in over a year, and in an awesome new studio - turns out most of the Anth department are potters…

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Feb 24

Really excited to promote our 2nd #sportanthro Conference, coming this summer in Belgium. The CFP is open till the 19th March.

If you’d like to learn more, go to www.sportanthro.org/join to join our mailing list.

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International Network of Sport Anthropology @sportanthro.bsky.social · Feb 21

We're extremely excited to share the Call for Papers for our 2nd International conference, held this year at KU Leuven, Belgium, on 5-6 June. Please share widely! To find out more, visit www.sportanthro.org/conference

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Eve Livingston @everebecca.bsky.social · Jan 9

As nice as it is to see you all full of energy and announcing new projects, I need some representation for those of us who have crawled into 2025 unwell, slow and uninspired. My year will be starting properly next week thank you 🙏

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Dec 20

Merry Christmas to me, for finally finishing the edits on this! I would not wish the task of indexing a book on my worst enemy.

'Anthropology in Sporting Worlds: Knowledge, Collaboration and Representation in the Digital Age' will be published in 2025 by Vernon Press. #academicsky #sportanthro

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Dec 10

When did it just become a *thing* to watch videos without headphones? Trains are full of people flicking through tiktok these days... one guy was watching a full football match

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Dec 6

No, so long as you’ve saved everything and done a normal shutdown first!

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Dec 6

Reset the SMC! support.apple.com/en-us/102605...

The SMC is responsible for managing power on your Mac. Resetting it can resolve certain uncommon issues related to power or thermal management.

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Hannah Brown @mamatommy.bsky.social · Dec 6

Pointless. Hilarious. Bizarrely interesting.

Haunted Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · Dec 6

avant-garde anthropology article composed entirely from the first sentences of other anthropology texts alert: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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

You are reading the first sentence of this essay. In fact, outside of this abstract and a brief introduction, there are only first sentences in this essay, all collected from anthropology monographs ....

anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Ben Hildred @bhildred.bsky.social · Dec 3

This had almost passed me by, but it seems the recent #LKA U-19s games are the first time that two players from Jaffna have been in the national team at the same time?

Really great sign of cricket's growing health in the north if so and credit to those developing the game there.

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Dec 3

Reflections

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · Nov 29

To be very clear, as a teacher I don't want "time-saving AI tools."

I want time.

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Duncan Stone @drcricket.bsky.social · Nov 24

Published by the @acscricket.bsky.social, this looks a good read from Tony Watts. Certainly one for those of us who enjoy #cricket and how #socialclass has influenced the game.