Sam Amago
@samamago.bsky.social
Professor of Spanish Cultural Studies. Into books, movies, trash, culture, anti-fascism
No ethnology without autoethnology
This is why *all* researchers need reflexivity--not just qualitative ones.
Our training and our backgrounds and our preexisting beliefs shape the research questions we ask, the methods decisions we make (eg, variables, models, or missing data strategies), and the way we interpret findings.
Our training and our backgrounds and our preexisting beliefs shape the research questions we ask, the methods decisions we make (eg, variables, models, or missing data strategies), and the way we interpret findings.
My first paper is out in #SociologicalScience!
With Jörg Stolz and Ruud Luijkx, we found robust evidence of ideological #bias in #secularization research: researchers' own religiosity is correlated with their probability of finding evidence of religious decline in their publications.
Read more: 👇
With Jörg Stolz and Ruud Luijkx, we found robust evidence of ideological #bias in #secularization research: researchers' own religiosity is correlated with their probability of finding evidence of religious decline in their publications.
Read more: 👇
February 16, 2026 at 1:26 AM
No ethnology without autoethnology
Sounds about right.
"researchers have found that the relentless males are driving their population to extinction."
Well, that sounds familiar...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/s...
Well, that sounds familiar...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/s...
February 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Sounds about right.
Recalling when our interim president appeared at a faculty senate meeting with a security detail.
interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Recalling when our interim president appeared at a faculty senate meeting with a security detail.
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Pase lo que pase esta noche electoral, utilicemos nuestro disco duro: DE FRENTE CONTRA EL FASCISMO
February 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Pase lo que pase esta noche electoral, utilicemos nuestro disco duro: DE FRENTE CONTRA EL FASCISMO
Also one of the handsomest moustaches in the history of the game.
2 days until pitchers and catchers report. The great Rollie Fingers delivers his pitch. Fingers was part of three World Series championships with Oakland in the early 70’s. He saved 341 games in 17 seasons with three teams. Baseball Hall of Fame 1992.
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Also one of the handsomest moustaches in the history of the game.
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Hoy vuelvo sobre los debates. El de Sevilla y otros a los que nos invitan. Y me pregunto si son realmente debates. O una pelea de bar. U otra cosa.
OPINIÓN| “En el caso de las jornadas sevillanas, la discusión debería haber sido sobre si era posible un debate franco en las condiciones propuestas”, por Alfredo González Ruibal
Te propongo un debate
La derecha ha secuestrado la idea de debate como lo ha hecho con otros conceptos positivos -la tolerancia o la libertad
www.publico.es
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Hoy vuelvo sobre los debates. El de Sevilla y otros a los que nos invitan. Y me pregunto si son realmente debates. O una pelea de bar. U otra cosa.
I’m done with the Wapo
the Washington Post effectively blew up its arts section today, dismissing its books, TV, music, and theater critics, features writers, and several editors. (I'm also guessing the vacant film critic position will stay that way.) Just an insane loss of talent and a huge self-inflicted wound.
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I’m done with the Wapo
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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UNC Board of Governors to endorse academic freedom, provided it is exercised within a cage constructed by the UNC Board of Governors.
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
UNC System Board Weighs Defining, Setting 'Parameters' for Academic Freedom
The proposed policy explains the concept the same way a faculty group did last fall, but system leaders added limitations on what is protected.
www.theassemblync.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
UNC Board of Governors to endorse academic freedom, provided it is exercised within a cage constructed by the UNC Board of Governors.
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
First team to 24 right?
January 17, 2026 at 11:58 PM
First team to 24 right?
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Participation trophies, honorable mention ribbons, certificates from a Jiffy Lube, just send them all
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Participation trophies, honorable mention ribbons, certificates from a Jiffy Lube, just send them all
Walker skipping after the interception sparks joy
January 17, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Walker skipping after the interception sparks joy
Wow. What an Amazing life!
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Wow. What an Amazing life!
Wow. This looks really bad. The search appears even more compromised than we thought.
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Wow. This looks really bad. The search appears even more compromised than we thought.
Bienvenidos al siglo XX
Lo de Trump en Venezuela se llama protectorado: un gobierno con soberanía limitada que permite que la potencia extranjera que lo tutela extraiga recursos del país y lo use con fines estratégicos. Bienvenidos a 1900.
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Bienvenidos al siglo XX
The past is not dead. Its not even past. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The past is not dead. Its not even past. www.bbc.com/news/article...
UVA BOV just rushed into naming a new president, against the faculty and students and governor’s wishes.
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
UVA BOV just rushed into naming a new president, against the faculty and students and governor’s wishes.
This makes sense. More slop all the time.
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This makes sense. More slop all the time.
My walk to the office this morning @uva
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My walk to the office this morning @uva
I’ve been trying to cancel HBO Max for 6 months.
Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’ve been trying to cancel HBO Max for 6 months.
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It's like we're stuck in a techno-dystopian Dickens novel.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's like we're stuck in a techno-dystopian Dickens novel.