"The report highlighted regular lockdowns caused by staff shortages, a lack of resources to address mental health issues [...] there was no Aboriginal health worker at the time of the inspection, "despite 37 per cent of the [prison] population being Aboriginal".

I wrote something about forgetting my book writewhatyoulike.substack.com/p/when-i-let...

Brasileiros e afins - saiu meu primeiro artigo em português! Sobre evasões de presídio, genealogias de fugitividade, e as (im)possibilidades de habitar o encarceramento. periodicos.uff.br/antropolitic...

SUP's Sophie Germain sale is ending! Today is your final opportunity to save 53% on all in stock print and ebooks sitewide. www.sup.org/sophie-germa...

Big sale at SUP till Friday - including my book! Get it for $13 and change, it's great. www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Super animado pro congresso da BRASA esse ano, acabei de comprar minha passagem para Salvador 🛫

Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...

Very happy to share that 'Where the Sun Rises Square' has won the LASA Brazil Section Best Book in Social Sciences - Sergio Buarque de Holanda Prize! Thanks to everyone who helped make the book happen, and the jurors who took the time to engage with my work! www.facebook.com/share/p/18Qu...

We are deeply sorry to learn of the death of anthropologist and poet Renato Rosaldo, author of "The Day of Shelly's Death" and "The Chasers." buff.ly/dX7W4ZH

I have news! My first book, 'Where the Sun Rises Square' was just selected as co-winner of the Roberto Reis Book Prize from the Brazilian Studies Association! brasa.org/roberto-reis...

happy 18th birthday to "come to brazil"

Viradouro Campeão

Everything is gender

I got interviewed by Rima Praspaliauskiene and Hallie Wells about my book, 'Where the Sun Rises Square', and how I wrote it. Thanks to both of them for the opportunity - it's available to read now! writewhatyoulike.substack.com/p/interview-...

We're having a cyber week sale! Take advantage of 40% off of all in-stock print and ebooks sitewide* starting today, 12/1, through Monday, 12/8. For details: www.sup.org/about-our-cy...

Through long-term fieldwork within the prisons of Rio de Janeiro, Where the Sun Rises Square by David Thompson investigates the legal and moral impulse to "resocialize" as it animates the prison system of Brazil. https://ow.ly/lR0950Xxheo #ReadUP #anthropology

30% discount on my book (and many others!) until December 25 with the code S25AAA 📖📚 www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Sadly, I'm not at the AAAs this year, but my book is! Come find it at the Stanford University Press stall. #AAA2025

Where the Sun Rises Square: Mass Incarceration and the Binds of Reform in Brazil, by David Thompson @anthrodave.bsky.social, an anthropologist and previous fellow of the DPDF and IDRF, will be published by Stanford University Press on November 25. Learn more: www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Wow apparently there IS a better political strategy than throwing trans and Palestinian people under the bus to appease centrists.

Happy to share the news that Wenner-Gren grant recipient, David C. Thompson has a new book available for pre-order! www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Today, common people from Penha entered the woods on one side of the mountain. The region is called Pedreira, as it is an inactive quarry. They found 60+ dead bodies. Some with clear marks of torture. A beheaded young male. Most shot in the back and in the head. The total count is between 121-128+

There's still a few weeks before my book 📚 is officially out, but you can read the intro for free right now! www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Here's me with an op-ed in Offrange about the tendency to value undocumented immigrants only for their labor ambrook.com/offrange/per...

Today!

If you missed my talks this week, I'm giving another one next Friday (17/10) hosted by ANU Anthropology and via Zoom: archanth.cass.anu.edu.au/events/if-i-...

Private consultants are taking control of how public universities are evaluated and run. My submission to the Senate university governance inquiry raises concerns about the impact of Nous Group and their dodgy UniForum data on our universities. www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor... A thread

If you missed my talks this week, I'm giving another one next Friday (17/10) hosted by ANU Anthropology and via Zoom: archanth.cass.anu.edu.au/events/if-i-...

Starting soon! (5pm Sydney)

It’s real!

I've created a calculator that gives you the right answer 80% of the time and I believe it will change the world

Tomorrow!

I'm giving two talks next week about gender, race and redemption in Brazil's prisons. First up, 08/10 at the University Newcastle:

This is a remarkable moment.

“A country in denial. Anyway, I was born…” — Assata Shakur 🤎

Job: Assistant Professor of Latin American Literary & Cultural Studies, University of Notre Dame. Specialism in Afro Latin America (includes Brazil ). NB "Specialists of Brazil will teach in Spanish, English & Portuguese as needed." Closes 1 November 2025. Full info: joblist.mla.org/job/2000392/...

My book is almost out! This is an ethnography of incarceration, it's my attempt to tell a different story about Brazil's prisons and to understand the relationship between punishment and hope. It's out November 25, but available to preorder now. www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Depressing news. Meanjin hardly posed a significant call on the University of Melbourne's finances: its annual budget was no more than a third of the VC's salary. To shut it down diminishes the University of Melbourne and leaves a large hole in Australia's already threadbare cultural landscape

I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Assistant Professor - Knowledge Systems, Infrastructures, Communities, and Cultures. Another job at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information. www.ischools.org/post/assista...

Five travel awards for scholars from low & middle income countries are available for this years ASAA/NZ #anthropology Conference in Whāingaroa, Raglan! www.asaanz.org/conference Priority will be given to applicants from #Oceania and #SoutheastAsia

I wrote a book! Coming soon… www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

New Special Issue: Anthropologies of Capture. Guest edited by Ana Chiritoiu and @chakadojani.bsky.social, with contributions by Judith Scheele, Sinan Jappan, Qing Shen, Sam Rumé, and @acorsin.bsky.social out with @socialanalysis.bsky.social www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

Corte Interamericana aceita denúncia contra Brasil por desaparecimento durante os Crimes de Maio Caso de Paulo Alexandre Gomes, desaparecido em 2006, será analisado por instância internacional após acusação de omissão e tortura Por: Catarina Duarte ponte.org/corte-intera...

I'm in a catalog!

São Paulo::

The index is not indexing, I fear.

People in Germany were having their visas and funding cancelled for calling for this; they were having their doors kicked in and being deported; they were being accused of sympathising with terrorists and war criminals. They still are, in fact. It’s absolutely shameful.