Cinzia Greco
@cinziag.bsky.social
Medical Anthropology& Humanities, Research Fellow, Univ of Manchester, CHSTM | Medical uncertainty| Mental health
(https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/cinzia.greco)
Editor Anthropologie&Santé (https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/)
(https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/cinzia.greco)
Editor Anthropologie&Santé (https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/)
Elsa just gave me a 92% score on the word "jewelry"!
February 14, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Elsa just gave me a 92% score on the word "jewelry"!
Interesting article on Somatosphere about two open-access French journals: Revue Anthropologie des Connaissances (RAC) and Anthropologie & Santé (A&S)!
somatosphere.net/in-the-journ...
somatosphere.net/in-the-journ...
In the Journals – a French selection
The website of Somatosphere
somatosphere.net
February 11, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Interesting article on Somatosphere about two open-access French journals: Revue Anthropologie des Connaissances (RAC) and Anthropologie & Santé (A&S)!
somatosphere.net/in-the-journ...
somatosphere.net/in-the-journ...
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Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
We have been listening to music in French, Spanish, Italian, and my God even music in local dialects since I can remember, and I always find it amusing the naivety of anglophone people who think that something is happening for the first time, just because they are suddenly paying attention.
Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push children to learn French? | Gary Nunn
As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
We have been listening to music in French, Spanish, Italian, and my God even music in local dialects since I can remember, and I always find it amusing the naivety of anglophone people who think that something is happening for the first time, just because they are suddenly paying attention.
The only people surprised by this are those who have never read a word written by Chomsky.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Noam Chomsky’s wife apologizes for their ‘grave mistake’ in Epstein ties
Valeria Chomsky says Epstein had deceived them and they were ‘careless’ not to thoroughly research his background
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The only people surprised by this are those who have never read a word written by Chomsky.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
Autism can be seen as a compelling example for examining how scientific objectivity is constructed, especially in a context where nearly all gender stereotypes—such as bad mothers, empathic women versus logical men, and hormonal differences—have been used to explain its supposed gender differences.
Females as likely to be autistic as males but boys more likely to be diagnosed, study says
By age 20 diagnosis rates almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Autism can be seen as a compelling example for examining how scientific objectivity is constructed, especially in a context where nearly all gender stereotypes—such as bad mothers, empathic women versus logical men, and hormonal differences—have been used to explain its supposed gender differences.
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Still seeking participants for my PhD research on neuroqueer youth digital resistance practices! (ERGO: 103967)
Know someone who’d be interested?
All info is at linktr.ee/nqresearch.s..., or email me with any questions at ✉️[email protected]
Know someone who’d be interested?
All info is at linktr.ee/nqresearch.s..., or email me with any questions at ✉️[email protected]
Neuroqueering Online - Study | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree
PhD research project (ERGO: 103967) - participants needed!
linktr.ee
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Still seeking participants for my PhD research on neuroqueer youth digital resistance practices! (ERGO: 103967)
Know someone who’d be interested?
All info is at linktr.ee/nqresearch.s..., or email me with any questions at ✉️[email protected]
Know someone who’d be interested?
All info is at linktr.ee/nqresearch.s..., or email me with any questions at ✉️[email protected]
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Do rich people just send emails all day every day?? If I were obscenely wealthy I would never open another email in my life
February 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Do rich people just send emails all day every day?? If I were obscenely wealthy I would never open another email in my life
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El científico español Mariano Barbacid ha encontrado la cura del cáncer de páncreas.
"Si no se investiga no se avanza".
El Premio Nóbel ya tiene dueño.
"Si no se investiga no se avanza".
El Premio Nóbel ya tiene dueño.
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
El científico español Mariano Barbacid ha encontrado la cura del cáncer de páncreas.
"Si no se investiga no se avanza".
El Premio Nóbel ya tiene dueño.
"Si no se investiga no se avanza".
El Premio Nóbel ya tiene dueño.
"Psychopolitics tends to reduce large social phenomena to simple personal causalities. It is reductionist, although in a tortuously indirect manner".
Against Psychopolitics, Michael Parenti (1933-2026).
Written in 1993, it says a lot about our times.
read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article-...
Against Psychopolitics, Michael Parenti (1933-2026).
Written in 1993, it says a lot about our times.
read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article-...
Against Psychopolitics
read.dukeupress.edu
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"Psychopolitics tends to reduce large social phenomena to simple personal causalities. It is reductionist, although in a tortuously indirect manner".
Against Psychopolitics, Michael Parenti (1933-2026).
Written in 1993, it says a lot about our times.
read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article-...
Against Psychopolitics, Michael Parenti (1933-2026).
Written in 1993, it says a lot about our times.
read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article-...
"This bargain no longer works" Since apparently we are in an era of political "candour", it might be worth repeating that the bargain worked for a handful of countries and that it was based on a savage (post)colonial exploitation of the majority of the world. This time, someone might actually listen
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
"This bargain no longer works" Since apparently we are in an era of political "candour", it might be worth repeating that the bargain worked for a handful of countries and that it was based on a savage (post)colonial exploitation of the majority of the world. This time, someone might actually listen
CHSTM and the Division of Medical Education at UoM are organising/have organised a few interesting events on neurodiversity. Have a look here:
blogs.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/blog/2025/12...
blogs.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/blog/2025/12...
January 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
CHSTM and the Division of Medical Education at UoM are organising/have organised a few interesting events on neurodiversity. Have a look here:
blogs.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/blog/2025/12...
blogs.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/blog/2025/12...
This year, I published my first monograph—a comprehensive exploration of breast cancer in Europe, based on 10 years of ethnographic research. I would love to discuss my research further in seminars and classrooms, and if you want to review it, I still have physical copies I can send!
My first monograph, Assemblages of Cancer. Experiences and contexts of #breastcancer in the UK, France and Italy, published by MUP
@manchesterup.bsky.social, is out.
If you are interested in having a look, the book is also available in open access here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
@manchesterup.bsky.social, is out.
If you are interested in having a look, the book is also available in open access here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
December 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This year, I published my first monograph—a comprehensive exploration of breast cancer in Europe, based on 10 years of ethnographic research. I would love to discuss my research further in seminars and classrooms, and if you want to review it, I still have physical copies I can send!
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Congratulations to Eleanor Shaw, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on the history of the British Journal of Anaesthesia today. In the photo: Prof Carsten Timmermann (2nd supervisor), the candidate, Prof Roberta Bivins, and Dr Neil Pemberton (the external and internal examiners).
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations to Eleanor Shaw, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on the history of the British Journal of Anaesthesia today. In the photo: Prof Carsten Timmermann (2nd supervisor), the candidate, Prof Roberta Bivins, and Dr Neil Pemberton (the external and internal examiners).
"Trauma has become the privileged idiom through which individual and collective suffering is expressed"
Fassin and Rechtman
An insightful article on the misuses of the category of trauma that, for once, acknowledges anthropological and social sciences research on the topic.
Fassin and Rechtman
An insightful article on the misuses of the category of trauma that, for once, acknowledges anthropological and social sciences research on the topic.
‘They’re selling everything as trauma’: how our emotional pain became a product | Katherine Rowland
In an economy that rewards confession and self-labeling, pain is no longer something to survive – but something to brand, sell, and curate
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Trauma has become the privileged idiom through which individual and collective suffering is expressed"
Fassin and Rechtman
An insightful article on the misuses of the category of trauma that, for once, acknowledges anthropological and social sciences research on the topic.
Fassin and Rechtman
An insightful article on the misuses of the category of trauma that, for once, acknowledges anthropological and social sciences research on the topic.
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Dall'Ue budget record di 728 milioni per 349 ricercatori
Dall'Ue budget record di 728 milioni per 349 ricercatori - Ricerca e Istituzioni - Ansa.it
Italia al settimo posto, ma i ricercatori italiani sono secondi (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dall'Ue budget record di 728 milioni per 349 ricercatori
If you use "societal" as a neutral synonym of "social", you might also be interested in reading my comment on why the two terms do not refer to the same reality and why, in this case, it might be better to avoid the variatio and stick with "social" (repetita iuvant after all).
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you use "societal" as a neutral synonym of "social", you might also be interested in reading my comment on why the two terms do not refer to the same reality and why, in this case, it might be better to avoid the variatio and stick with "social" (repetita iuvant after all).
The latest issue of Anthropologie & Santé has been published. As always, it is available in #openaccess, so feel free to browse the articles covering topics from newborns in Mayotte to mental health in adolescence, bariatric surgery, and more.
journals.openedition.org/anthropologi...
journals.openedition.org/anthropologi...
31 | 2025 Varia
Anthropologie et santé est une revue scientifique semestrielle, créée à l’initiative de l’Association Amades. Elle se donne pour premier objectif de témoigner des recherches élaborées par les diffé...
journals.openedition.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The latest issue of Anthropologie & Santé has been published. As always, it is available in #openaccess, so feel free to browse the articles covering topics from newborns in Mayotte to mental health in adolescence, bariatric surgery, and more.
journals.openedition.org/anthropologi...
journals.openedition.org/anthropologi...
"Negotiators are aiming to finalise a deal by January that would allow the UK to participate in Erasmus from 2027 onwards, according to two UK and EU officials."
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Negotiators are aiming to finalise a deal by January that would allow the UK to participate in Erasmus from 2027 onwards, according to two UK and EU officials."
If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!
📢 Call for Presentations!
CHSTM Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) invites PhD students to share their research in HSTM.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/rN5SL487xvg1...
Enquiries: [email protected]
#HistSTM #histmed
CHSTM Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) invites PhD students to share their research in HSTM.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/rN5SL487xvg1...
Enquiries: [email protected]
#HistSTM #histmed
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!
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Also, isn't this standard narrative for mid 19C MCR, otherwise the 19th depopulation of the central districts by the emerging middle classes to the suburbs would make no sense...
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Also, isn't this standard narrative for mid 19C MCR, otherwise the 19th depopulation of the central districts by the emerging middle classes to the suburbs would make no sense...
"She uncovered evidence of doctors, engineers, architects, surveyors, teachers, managers and shop owners living alongside weavers and spinners."
Not very surprising since this has more to do with the transformation of the elusive concept of middle class, rather than with Engels being "wrong".
Not very surprising since this has more to do with the transformation of the elusive concept of middle class, rather than with Engels being "wrong".
Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester
Cambridge historian Emily Chung finds philosopher’s blistering depictions of segregation may have been exaggerated
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"She uncovered evidence of doctors, engineers, architects, surveyors, teachers, managers and shop owners living alongside weavers and spinners."
Not very surprising since this has more to do with the transformation of the elusive concept of middle class, rather than with Engels being "wrong".
Not very surprising since this has more to do with the transformation of the elusive concept of middle class, rather than with Engels being "wrong".
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There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.
I am so sad to hear about Diane Keaton. She was one of the actresses I liked the most. Talented and unconventional, she has been such a refreshing presence in the cinematographic landscape of my youth, otherwise dominated by unreasonable images of perfection and ultra-femininity.
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79
The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I am so sad to hear about Diane Keaton. She was one of the actresses I liked the most. Talented and unconventional, she has been such a refreshing presence in the cinematographic landscape of my youth, otherwise dominated by unreasonable images of perfection and ultra-femininity.