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Erin Routon
@erinrouton.bsky.social
asst prof of anthro @ u of houston
instructor @ harvard extension school
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Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Our top story: “Border enforcement, and in particular the construction of detention facilities ... is big business. It’s a huge business. It’s incredibly lucrative for a very small number of people who have every incentive to make this system as big and as bloated as possible.”
Abbott’s Border Disaster Has Created a No-Bid Bonanza for Private Contractors
There is now a powerful, well-heeled constituency that has built up around Operation Lone Star.
www.texasobserver.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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The @carsoncenter.bsky.social invites applications for the international & interdisciplinary MA Environment and Society. Deadline Mar 10, 2025. 2 yrs, instruction in English. In-person in Munich, Germany. No tuition, just small fee. www.environmentmaster.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_ma/ind...
February 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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We've been kindly asked to share news about this summit over in the US:

"Calling all Climate Storytellers! Submit your work (by 1 March) for the Climate Storytelling Summit. Visit the event portal for more: environment.princeton.edu/climate-stor... "

#rccnews #climatestory
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Very excited to share that the journal where I serve as an Associate Editor has arrived on BlueSky. Welcome American Ethnological Society / American Ethnologist! @amethno.bsky.social
#AnthroSky #Anthropology #AmericanEthnologist
November 26, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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*️⃣*️⃣*️⃣ AE FORUM (52.1): I Was Wrong *️⃣*️⃣*️⃣

A Vicarious Scar:
Secondary trauma and ethnographic care in fieldwork

by Erin Routon @erinrouton.bsky.social #anthrosky

Find it here: ⬇️
americanethnologist.org/journal/issu...
February 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So grateful to be a part of this really special sort of forum with these incredible essays, sharing my own experiences of harm in fieldwork. Please check these out (if interested) in this new issue!
The new issue of American Ethnologist (@amethno.bsky.social, 52.1, Feb 2025) features a forum titled "I was Wrong" featuring contributions from Veena Das, Hugh Gusterson, Carole McGranahan, Gil Hizi, Erin Routon, Meredith G. Marten, and Laura A. Meek. 1/3
#AnthroSky #Anthropology
American Ethnologist | AAA Ethnology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the title to browse this issue
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For fellow (interested) abolitionists, abolitionist educators, or fans of graphic texts maybe check out my recent essay in the Society for Cultural Anthropology’s Teaching Tools! culanth.org/fieldsights/...
Detention, In Frame
For a piece on abolition, it might seem counterintuitive to start with a “frame.” A frame typically binds our view of something, rigidly limiting...
culanth.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Heads up to my fellow Texans: if you haven’t seen already, Texas has been listing many voter registrations as “inactive”, set to be purged. Check your registration status and make sure there’s nothing amiss!
August 14, 2024 at 5:29 PM