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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · 26d

so... is the argument here that they want to stop funding unfunded research?!

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Aug 15

what an amazing selection of speakers - this looks so good!

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Aug 15

I have a horrible feeling I forgot to post that registration for this conference about extinction, conservation and the future of our planet is now open. We have an amazing range of speakers, who are listed here, alongside the link to register.

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Maisie Tomlinson @maisie-tom.bsky.social · Jun 5

Are you curious about expanding your social research practice to include nonhuman species, but don’t know where to start? Come and join this immersive three-day workshop at the University of Manchester, with a mix of indoor seminars and outdoor fieldwork: store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course...

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Feb 27

Nice interview with Greg Hollin about his recent Cultural Anthropology article on pro wrestling, post-truth, and precarious labour: culanth.org/fieldsights/...

The Tragi-Comedy of the Wrestlers’ World: An Interview with Gregory Hollin

Following Gregory Hollin's article, our interview further explores the wrestler’s world and its synecdochical, if not allegorical, connections to...

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Feb 27

I'm honestly struggling to articulate how excited I am to be working on this project with these people - really does feel like a dream come true!

Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Feb 27

1/ 📣 Big news! For the next 5 years I’ll be working with this amazing team @evahaifa.bsky.social Alasdair Cochrane & Bob McKay on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Multispecies Mutualisms project wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

Photo of From r-l Alasdair Cochrane Rosaleen Duffy Bob McKay and Eva Haifa Giraud

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Feb 27

Aww, thanks Angela :) - we're all super, super excited!

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jan 9

What are the dangers in relying on automated hate speech detection to tackle discrimination online?

Eva Haifa Giraud, Elizabeth Poole, Ed de Quincey and @discodiscourse.bsky.social look at digital racism, Twitter/X and counter-narratives against Islamophobia.

Out now #OpenAccess buff.ly/4a90uwi

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · Jan 7

Would you like to spend a few months in Edinburgh in 2025-26 working with our brilliant Environmental Humanities community and, ahem, enjoying the Scottish weather? The application portal for EEHN Visiting Research Fellowships is now open.

Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network @eehnetwork.bsky.social · Dec 9

We host visiting researchers for fellowships of 2-4 months each year at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social. Details here, deadline 28 Feb: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...

Environmental Humanities Visiting Research Fellowships | IASH

www.iash.ed.ac.uk

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · Jan 5

A very interesting article (open access) in @theoryculturesociety.org on non-human animal cultures and extinctions, written by wonderful colleagues, led by @thomvandooren.bsky.social including our PhD Sam Widin. But didn't Darwin and later animal ecologists write on animal cultures?
#envhum #STS

Animal Cultures at the Edge of Extinction - Thom van Dooren, Matthew Chrulew, Myles Oakey, Sam Widin, Drew Rooke, 2024

Over the course of the latter part of the 20th century the notion that some animals might partake in a cultural form of life has gained growing support in the n...

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · Jan 6

As part of "Weather Reports", we've just published the first part of a Stream (Special Issue) on wind as media, model, and experience with Media+Environment.

In our introduction, we ask what shape the Wind Humanities might take: mediaenviron.org/article/1274...

Wind Humanities: An Elemental Media Approach | Published in Media+Environment

By Maximilian Hepach, Ryan Bishop & 3 more. Drawing together work from environmental humanities, media studies, and artistic practice, we propose and contribute to a new elemental field of study: the ...

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Jan 6

Retweeting this very late, so obviously way after Christmas now, but just seen that the open access version is now up :) www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Jan 3

that's incredibly kind of you to say - thank you :)

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Eline D. Tabak @elinetabak.bsky.social · Nov 22

Critical extinction studies starter pack - go.bsky.app/SR3gMpS with accompanying list if you don't want to lose track of people bsky.app/profile/did:...

Please send me a message (here or as a DM) to let me know you want to be on the list

Critical extinction studies

Join the conversation

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Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · Nov 19

Cultural Anthropology's latest issue is out! Check out 7 amazing essays on wrestling, revolutionary bureucracy, visual disinformation, riverine geostorytelling, post-flood trauma, the ethics of divine-driven bureaucracy, and cartooning

journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca

Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology is the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association.

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Alberto Corsín Jiménez @acorsin.bsky.social · Nov 20

Who doesn't love Cultural Anthropology? The journal is now looking for its next editor/s. Check out the details of the call here: culanth.org/about/about-...

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Nov 20

Great to see Greg Hollin's article out in Cultural Anthropology! A (depressingly) timely piece on what happens when labour organising is interpreted through a post-truth lens, which weaves together ethnography, contemporary critiques of neoliberalism & the 'zany' journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...

The Wrestler and His World: Precarious Workers, Post-Truth Politics, and Inauthentic Activism | Cultural Anthropology

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Nov 20

This is such a good (and TIMELY) article by Greg Hollin on attempts to unionize pro wrestlers, and what organisation and activism look like in a space when narratives are always openly constructed, contingent an "zany." journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca...

The Wrestler and His World: Precarious Workers, Post-Truth Politics, and Inauthentic Activism | Cultural Anthropology

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Dominic O'Key @dominicokey.bsky.social · Nov 13

De-mining rats. Stray dogs. Lal Kandhari cows. Marxist cats. And fishy resistance. My review of Animal Studies in 2023 is available here. DM me for the PDF.

doi.org/10.1093/ywcc...

Animal Studies

Abstract. This review essay explores some key contributions to animal studies in 2023. In Section 1, Humanitarianism Beyond Humanism, I consider how Benjam

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Digital Ecologies @digicologies.bsky.social · Nov 13

🌍 Our book - 'Digital ecologies: Mediating more-than-human worlds' - will be published in December with @manchesterup.bsky.social!

🍃 Editors: @jonnyjjt.bsky.social, @admsrl.bsky.social, Henry Anderson-Elliott & @evahaifa.bsky.social

🫂 Pre-order now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/

Manchester University Press - Digital ecologies

Digital ecologies - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Digital ecologies by Jonathon Turnbull

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Sep 24

Yes, sorry - it's on the hardback page at the moment! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170347/

Manchester University Press - Digital ecologies

Digital ecologies - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Digital ecologies by .

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Sep 23

It's such a lovely piece - we're really grateful to you for having written it!

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Sep 23

Excited to see cover & paperback listing of Digital Ecologies now up on the MUP site: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526188601/ - it'll be open access too (huge thanks to the University of Sheffield OA fund and University of Liège for supporting it!). Was an amazing privilege to work on!

book cover of Digital Ecologies: mediating more-than-human worlds

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Sep 18

...plus art contributions by Nav Haq and Vasyl Cherepanyn (on the 2023 Kyiv biennial) + Natasha Gasparian and Ziad Kiblawi's reflections on their 2023 exhibition in Beirut's Sursock Museum, and book reviews by Sy Taffel and Nicky Falkof.

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Eva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · Sep 18

The edition as a whole also contains some amazing articles on xyloid sexuality, reactionary affect, and anarchist mysticism by @theblochian.bsky.social, Burç Köstem & Keith Lewis...

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