Specifically, I show that the captivating qualities of ethnography derive from the narrative trope of captor-turned-captive, as incomplete entrapments of the field are often used as a device for turning ethnographer and reader into entrapped. (3/3)

My latest piece on contemporary space endeavors is out now in Current History! doi.org/10.1525/curh...

In our new Global Trends issue, @chakadojani.bsky.social explores how the new commercialized space economy is posing complications both in orbit and on the ground in places like Sweden, where space activity reinforces colonial legacies in land use.

My latest piece on contemporary space endeavors is out now in Current History! doi.org/10.1525/curh...

Also in our new Global Trends issue: @chakadojani.bsky.social on the new space economy, @allouche1.bsky.social y.social on the specter of water wars, Mathias Thaler on climate pessimism, and Thomas Barfield on the history of world orders. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

Earlier this year, Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Coincidentally, a few months earlier, I published an essay in which I draw an analogy between his film Taxi and ethnographic practice. (1/3) doi.org/10.3167/sa.2...

Earlier this year, Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Coincidentally, a few months earlier, I published an essay in which I draw an analogy between his film Taxi and ethnographic practice. (1/3) doi.org/10.3167/sa.2...

Some time ago, Ana Chiritoiu and I co-edited an SI on Anthropologies of Capture, in which we proposed capture as a generative anthropological analytic. Read our Introduction here and see if you're captivated (and remember, disagreement is also a form of capture!): doi.org/10.3167/sa.2... (1/6)

Some time ago, Ana Chiritoiu and I co-edited an SI on Anthropologies of Capture, in which we proposed capture as a generative anthropological analytic. Read our Introduction here and see if you're captivated (and remember, disagreement is also a form of capture!): doi.org/10.3167/sa.2... (1/6)

Great to see that my article on satellite miniaturization has found a home in the latest issue of American Anthropologist ⬇️

Oh and feel free to drop me a message if you can't access the article!

Great to see that my article on satellite miniaturization has found a home in the latest issue of American Anthropologist ⬇️

Oh and feel free to drop me a message if you can't access the article!

I had a lot of fun writing this essay and hope you'll enjoy reading it: "Against traplessness: Disconnection and entrapment in multispecies science fiction," published with Configurations. 🧵⬇️ (1/5) 🔗 doi.org/10.1353/con.... #Anthropocene #envhum #SF #STS

I had a lot of fun writing this essay and hope you'll enjoy reading it: "Against traplessness: Disconnection and entrapment in multispecies science fiction," published with Configurations. 🧵⬇️ (1/5) 🔗 doi.org/10.1353/con.... #Anthropocene #envhum #SF #STS

🚨 New article! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/hopk...

🚨 New article! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/hopk...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Configurations Volume 33, Number 2, Spring 2025 tinyurl.com/4d8mwfzj CONTRIBUTORS Chakad Ojani Tom Lin Yoonsuh Kim Dylan Davidson Clarissa Chevalier Maury Bruhn Francis X. Altomare Dorin Smith Hannah Star Rogers

The latest Open Access issue of Social Analysis has been published! Volume 68, issue 4: Anthropologies of Capture" Guest edited by Ana Chiritoiu and @chakadojani.bsky.social TOC and more here: mailchi.mp/berghahnbook... @socialanalysis.bsky.social

The article is available open access online here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2... The entirety of Social Analysis 68(4) is available here: www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

Listing below 5 good reasons to read my new #anthropology article "People Capture" via @berghahnbooks.bsky.social journal @socialanalysis.bsky.social as ch.4 of issue 68(4) regarding "Anthropologies of Capture": #STS #AcademicSky #Anthropology #NonFiction #Sustainability #Climate

"Ethnographic Lessons from Experimental Filmmaking: Capture and Captivation in Contemporary Iranian Cinema" by Chakad Ojani

New Open Access issue of Social Analysis featuring an Introduction by Guest Ed Chakad Ojani! ⬇️

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...

De un tiempo atrás el lenguaje de la "captura" se ha tornado uno de los metalenguajes preferidos del capitalismo: captura de datos, de la atención, de rentas... Este número especial de Social Analysis se acerca a las antropologías de la captura, con un trabajo mío sobre sus tecnologías axiales

Our special issue on Anthropologies of Capture is finally here -- co-edited with Ana Chiritoiu and published with Social Analysis!! This issue has been a long time in the making, and I'm thrilled to see it out in the world. Read the introduction here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2....

New special issue with social analysis, on capture

Our special issue on Anthropologies of Capture is finally here -- co-edited with Ana Chiritoiu and published with Social Analysis!! This issue has been a long time in the making, and I'm thrilled to see it out in the world. Read the introduction here: doi.org/10.3167/sa.2....

Delighted to have this piece on "Capture and the Axial Technologies of Anthropology" included in @chakadojani.bsky.social & Ana Chiritou's mesmerizing special issue on Anthropologies of Capture out in @socialanalysis.bsky.social today! www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

Fall schedule now ready! We have some great outer space seminars next term (see pic) so if you, or someone you know, are interested in these ONLINE talks, DM me @michaelgodhe.bsky.social and I will send you a Zoom link. See you all in the Fall!

Repost this amongst your networks far and wide! Send your fastest pigeons to alert other space nerds! @bleddb.bsky.social @chakadojani.bsky.social @roguenasa.altgov.info @nasawatch.bsky.social @lmesseri.bsky.social @liu.se @michaelgodhe.bsky.social @dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social

Woah! This is what happens when you publish something (an op-ed piece!) in Nature 👇

Oh and this is the article: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Woah! This is what happens when you publish something (an op-ed piece!) in Nature 👇

Just published: "Compression-Expansion: Miniaturization, Modularity, and Logistics Beyond Earth." Open access with @amanthro.bsky.social. (1/5) 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aman... #AnthroSky #ethnography #outerspace #STS

I recently made the mistake of wondering why I haven't been invited to review any articles lately...

"It is only after you have come to know the surface of things," he concludes, "that you venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface is inexhaustible." - Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar

Today's office

"Mining and/in outer space: Verticality, analogy, and infrastructural mediation in subarctic Sweden," written by Chakad Ojani and published #openaccess with JRAI! #SSOS #anthropology

"It is only after you have come to know the surface of things," he concludes, "that you venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface is inexhaustible." - Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar

Glad to see that my article on mining and/in outer space has found a home in the latest issue of the JRAI! doi.org/10.1111/1467... (thread below)

Glad to see that my article on mining and/in outer space has found a home in the latest issue of the JRAI! doi.org/10.1111/1467... (thread below)

working at the uni library today and the student sitting next to me is (very openly) writing an entire essay using Chat GPT... not sure exactly what but *something* is obviously changing..

Just published: "Compression-Expansion: Miniaturization, Modularity, and Logistics Beyond Earth." Open access with @amanthro.bsky.social. (1/5) 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aman... #AnthroSky #ethnography #outerspace #STS

"Satellites in low-Earth orbit eventually have to come down, and companies rely on the upper atmosphere to act as a waste incinerator. That’s exposed a blind spot in environmental laws: They only deal with pollution from human activities near Earth’s surface." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

I always thought people understood everything, but it turned out they were just pretending -- phew!

Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre “appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight" @selc.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...