Ruy Llera Blanes

@ruyllerablanes.bsky.social

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Anthropologist (ISCTE, CRIA, In2Past, Portugal) Angola, Mozambique, Atlantic Political activism, utopias, memory and heritage Environmental problems.

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Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to see this new Theorizing the Contemporary series now published—the second to appear in Spanish, on a wonderfully exciting topic and featuring a brilliant lineup of contributors @culanth.bsky.social

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Vocabulario para la experimentación etnográfica

Este foro sitúa la experimentación como un impulso creciente en antropología que desborda la escritura permeando el análisis, el trabajo de campo...

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death.

And with everything happening in the world, his work is now more relevant than ever before.

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today is the offical @versobooks.bsky.social release date of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine, by Adam Hanieh, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social.

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Resisting Erasure

Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · Jun 19

Portuguese version here: www.cmi.no/publications...

Angola pós-dos Santos: Uma Antologia sobre Continuidade e mudança

Agora que Angola celebra o seu 50º aniversário como nação independente, é oportuno fazer uma avalia&c...

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · Jun 19

Free pdf download available, in English and Portuguese. www.cmi.no/publications...

Angola after dos Santos: An anthology on continuity and change

As Angola celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent nation, it is timely to provide an assessment of the state of political, s...

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · Jun 19

Published posthumously in 2023, Pirate Enlightenment is a book by David Graeber.

The book combines a lot of David Graeber's research on anthropology, history and ideas around democracy.

Recommended to read next to a coffee and maybe a doughnut!

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · Jun 5

Summer school on "African Politics", 30 June - 2 July, Lisbon, Instituto de Ciências Sociais. More info:
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Dominic Boyer @dominicboyer.bsky.social · Jun 3

How to communicate climate -- a conversation with @naomioreskes.bsky.social @lacymjohnson.bsky.social @cymene.bsky.social and yours truly.... www.regeneration-journal.org/article/id/1...

How to Communicate Climate: New Experiments and Methods

With this four-way dialogue among climate researchers in the humanities and social sciences we attempt to unravel various techniques of climate communication. In aiming to reach non-specialist audienc...

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · May 28

Manifesto pelo passado, presente e futuro da Palestina. Não somos cúmplices.

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Manifesto pelo passado, presente e futuro da Palestina. Não somos cúmplices.

O seu apoio é muito importante. Apoie esta causa. Assine a Petição.

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · May 28

A collective suggestion for a 'forensic' approach to processes of heritagization of violence, based on an on-site discussion in Bissau, and deeply inspired by the work of the @forensicarchi.bsky.social team.
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Forensic heritage. A research agenda on the material and expressive processes of the public memorialisation of violence in post-authoritarian contexts

In this article, we propose a research agenda towards the critical assessment of processes of memorialisation and heritagization of histories of violence in post-violence and post-authoritarian con...

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · May 13

The Future of Revolution is out now!

"We need this book now, and will continue to need it long into the future."
- Natasha Lennard (@natashalennard.bsky.social)

The Future of Revolution

Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Reading revolutionary history from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by the light of communist theory, from Marx to C. L. R....

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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · May 8

Glad to see this book published. My chapter shows how the historiography of anti-colonial mobilisation & war in #Angola & #Mozambique has shifted from Cold War binaries to examine socio-political history & the position of the two states under global capitalism.
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The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial African Historiography | Thula

The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial African Historiography explores history's fortunes in Modern Africa south of the Sahara, from the discipline's Golden

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · May 5

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O Caso Boaventura

Podcast · Coimbra Coolectiva · "O Caso Boaventura" fala sobre as denúncias de assédio que envolvem o mais famoso sociólogo português. Desde a publicação do capítulo de um livro com as primeiras acusaç...

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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today = 8th 🎂 of 1st vol of Essays on #Anarchism & #Religion co-edited with @msadams.bsky.social including chapters by @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social, @egalvanalvarez.bsky.social, @justinmeggitt.bsky.social, & @franziskah.bsky.social: www.stockholmuniversitypress.se/site/books/e...

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RFI @rfi.fr · Apr 22

Le philosophe congolais Valentin-Yves Mudimbe est décédé à l'âge de 83 ans

Il avait signé L'Invention de l'Afrique, un incontournable des études africaines : le philosophe congolais Valentin-Yves Mudimbe est décédé tôt ce 22 avril 2025 à l’âge de 83 ans en Caroline du Nord, aux États-Unis, où il vivait. Il était l'un des intellectuels africains les plus respectés.

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Janne Rantala @jannerantala10.bsky.social · Apr 11

Great issue, not only because there are my fieldnotes about rapper Azagaia's legacy in on-going uprising in Mozambique and beyond.

'To Brother Azagaia: A Letter of Remembrance from Mozambique and Beyond'

Just published in JPMS (UC Press).

🔗 online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...

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Disparidades. Revista de Antropología. @disparidades-csic.bsky.social · Apr 4

La revista de antropología Disparidades, del @cchscsic.bsky.social del @csic.es , abrimos nuestra cuenta en Bluesky: un paso necesario en defensa de una ciencia comprometida con la democracia y los protocolos digitales abiertos. ¡Seguidnos por aquí!

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Disparidades. Revista de Antropología

La Disparidades. Revista de Antropología es una revista electrónica en antropología social y cultural en acceso abierto (ISSN 0034-7981 y eISSN 1988-8457). Está editada por el Instituto de Lengua, Lit...

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Mickaël Correia @mickacorreia.bsky.social · Mar 26

Le réalisateur Paulo Carneiro sort ce 26 mars "Covas do Barroso", un film de lutte choral qui remet en scène la résistance actuelle d’un village portugais contre un mégaprojet de mine de lithium porté par la multinationale Savannah.

Ma recension dans @mediapart.fr
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« Covas do Barroso », un docu-western sur la face sombre de la transition énergétique au Portugal

Le réalisateur Paulo Carneiro sort le 26 mars un film choral qui remet en scène la résistance d’un village portugais contre un mégaprojet de mines de lithium porté par la multinationale britannique S…

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · Mar 21

While greenwashed narratives portray mining for critical minerals as essential for a clean energy future, our video of the week reveals the global mining boom's destruction and the communities that are fighting back.

Feat. @triofrancos.bsky.social at @ucdavisenergy.bsky.social

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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · Mar 20

A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil

On March 12, at a rally in front of the New York City courthouse where Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing took place, classicist and Columbia University associate professor Joseph Howley made the follo…

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Mar 20

This BBC presenter resigned over its pro-Israel bias.

Everyone needs to listen to what @karishmapatel.bsky.social says.

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Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · Mar 13

Mañana se cumplen 5 años del inicio del confinamiento. Ayer enviamos esto a producción. En breve, en librerías 😊

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · Mar 12

Read here www.ft.com/content/b370...

The ‘critical minerals’ rush could result in a resource war

Labelling justifies a preference for strong-arm tactics over co-operation

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Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · Mar 8

** The Two Princes of Mpfumo **
New book relating to #Mozambique #slavery #royalty #Africa
Looks terrific !
www.pennpress.org/978151282720...

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · Mar 7

A recent publication: "Politics of Memorialization in Angola. Erasing and Controlling Contested Pasts". Published in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict, edited by Ihab Saloul and Britt Baillie. Open Access
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Politics of Memorialization in Angola

This contribution maps the specific dynamics of the politics of heritagization and memorialization of conflict in Angola, arguing for the idea of a logic of “militarization of memory” in p...

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CTXT @ctxt.es · Mar 2

🇦🇷 FEMINISMOS | @nuriaalabao.bsky.social escribe sobre la violencia sexual que formó parte habitual de las torturas que se aplicaron en la ESMA durante la dictadura argentina a raíz del libro 'La Llamada', que cuenta la historia de la montonera Silvia Labayru.
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Secuestradas y desaparecidas: violencia sexual y memoria histórica

El ejercicio de reconstrucción del pasado que plantea el libro de Leila Guerriero ‘La llamada’ sirve para entender el alcance de los avances feministas en el reconocimiento social de las violaciones

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · Feb 27

Special issue (Open Access) @Lusotopie journal:
Il était une fois la révolution portugaise
Era uma vez a Revolução portuguesa
One upon a time, the Portuguese Revolution

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XXIII(1-2) | 2024 Il était une fois la révolution portugaise

Revue comparatiste consacrée aux espaces issus de l’histoire portugaise / Comparative review devoted to areas from Portuguese history

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Ruy Llera Blanes @ruyllerablanes.bsky.social · Feb 25

Empresas hoteleiras "recuperam (mesmo) património"?

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Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · Feb 25

The language of the right is increasingly resembling the language of AI, and vice versa: words devoid of context, sensibility, history, memory or semantic complexity. Just think of their use of terms like "freedom" or "sex." Perhaps it's time to start thinking of them as "stochastic parrots."

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