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anil oza
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“The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez.” MOSAIC checked many of the boxes of the administration — but that didn't matter. It was terminated, and left grantees scrambling Next installment of American Science, Shattered:
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NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/trump-nih-cuts-impacts-next-gen-researchers-american-science-shattered-series/
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the entire interview between
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and Alice Wong from 2020 is here! Multiple formats available in the thread.
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CfA for 15th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists!
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The brilliant Alice Wong! Rest in peace.
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An important discussion, organized by
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Congrats to Gabriela Morales for the New Millenium Book Award honorable mention for her book ‘Decolonizing Medicine: Indigenous Politics and the Practice of Care in Bolivia!’
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Angela Garcia wins the New Millenium Book Award for her book ‘The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos.’ Congratulations!
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The Eileen Basker Memorial Prize honorable mention went to Jaya Keaney for her book ‘Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling!’
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Huge congrats to @eyatesd.bsky.social for winning the Eileen Basker Memorial Prize for her book ‘Mal-Nutrition: Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm!’
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SAPIENS Magazine
about 1 month ago
From the archive. Many museums are reckoning with the colonial legacies of the human remains and cultural objects in their collections. Now anthropologists are advocating to pay similar respects to primates. Read more:
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Envisioning a More Empathetic Treatment of Great Ape Remains
As museums reckon with the colonial legacies of human remains in their collections, anthropologists advocate paying similar respects to apes.
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/great-ape-remains-empathy-respect-museums-sciences/
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reminder that tomorrow is the last day for applications!
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Today we are starting our weekly prompt - a future tradition we are hoping you’ll like! Share books and/or articles you have read last week that have sparked your interest 🥸
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CfA: MAQ is seeking a new Book Reviews Editor! All information is available on our website:
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job alert!
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Rolling Stone
2 months ago
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e Feature:
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Department of Anthropology at Rutgers is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a particular emphasis on the dynamic intersections of Language, Culture, and Power. Apply here:
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Assistant Professor in Sociocultural Anthropology, Tenure-Track
The Department of Anthropology seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in sociocultural anthropology, with a particular emphasis on the dynamic intersections of Language, Culture, and Power. ...
https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260115
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Princeton University Press
3 months ago
LISTEN: The Migrant’s Jail author
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The Business of Migrant Detention : Throughline
The U.S. immigration detention system is spread out across federal facilities, private prisons, state prisons, and county jails. It’s grown under both Democratic and Republican presidents. And it’s…
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5544347/the-business-of-migrant-detention
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Feminist Killjoy
4 months ago
Pleased Wasafiri shared an extract from No is Not a Lonely Utterance! Whole book is out Sept 18th. Gulp.
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Exclusive Extract: No Is Not a Lonely Utterance by Sara Ahmed
Read an extract from Sara Ahmed's forthcoming book, No is Not a Lonely Utterance:
https://www.wasafiri.org/content/exclusive-extract-no-is-not-a-lonely-utterance-by-sara-ahmed
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finally some published data from
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Pandemic Journaling Project
5 months ago
NEW ARTICLE: ‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: Crisis & caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the US
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‘It’s not where we are, it’s who we’re near’: crisis and caring labor in the COVID narratives of middle-class white women in the United States
In the United States (US), rates of residential relocation within and across states skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This pattern has been widely attributed to people’s desires for improve...
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The Disability Research Interest Group of SMA is pleased to announce this year’s Disability Anthropology Essay Prize competition. Submissions are due September 1! More info here:
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Award season continues! Please consider submitting a laler or nominating someone for the Virchow award; deadline is Aug 1! Awards are made in the following categories: 1) Professional, 2) Graduate Student, and 3) Undergraduate Student. More info in the thread:
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There is still time to apply for the SMA Dissertation Award! The deadline has been extended to July 15th. You still have time and your dissertations are great! Please apply and share widely! Here is the link with more info:
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SMA Dissertation Award – Society for Medical Anthropology
https://medanthro.net/about/history-of-sma/sma-awards/smadissertation-award/
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Hansjörg Dilger
7 months ago
Our "Public Anthropology" reader is out - and it has become such a beautiful book! 😍🌞
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Deadline for nominations for the SMA Hazel Weidman Award for Exemplary Service is July 15! The award is presented to a member who has, over the course of a career, demonstrated extraordinary service to the profession.
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Hazel Weidman Award for Exemplary Service – Society for Medical Anthropology
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And don’t forget, the deadline for the SMA Travel Initiative to support underrepresented scholars is also June 15th! Here is the link to the application form:
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The Society of Medical Anthropology (SMA) Travel Support Initiative
Dear SMA Members, We are excited to share that based on the success of the 2024 initiative to support underrepresented US-based and international anthropologists, we will be continuing to allocate sp...
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Reminder that the deadline to apply for the SMA Dissertation Award is June 15th. You still have time and your dissertations are great even if you’re a perfectionists! Here is the link:
medanthro.net/about/histor...
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SMA Dissertation Award – Society for Medical Anthropology
https://medanthro.net/about/history-of-sma/sma-awards/smadissertation-award/
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We are so pleased to share n important essay by
@dafnushka.bsky.social
regardin the Russian occupation of Ukraine in the first issue of MAQ’s online publicaetion Critical Care:
medanthro.net/critical-car...
Vulnerability Is Not a Metaphor – Society for Medical Anthropology
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Vulnerability Is Not a Metaphor – Society for Medical Anthropology
https://medanthro.net/critical-care/vulnerability-is-not-a-metaphor/
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And don’t forget, the deadline for the SMA Dissertation Award is July 15!
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SMA Dissertation Award – Society for Medical Anthropology
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Deadline for the SMA Travel Initiative to support underrepresented scholars has been extended until June 15th! Here is the link to the application form:
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The Society of Medical Anthropology (SMA) Travel Support Initiative
Dear SMA Members, We are excited to share that based on the success of the 2024 initiative to support underrepresented US-based and international anthropologists, we will be continuing to allocate sp...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoseizrG_ohkwZOOxtN5ZCukNCEukT6GcbIg-kX5ZOyXXrUA/viewform
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check out the latest issue of our newsletter, SMA Bulletin (formerly Second Opinion)!
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SMA Bulletin Mar 2025 Vol 1, No 2
https://mailchi.mp/a70e0c4ea77f/sma-bulletin-mar-2025-vol-1-no-2?e=03d96de3fe
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Society for Applied Anthropology
9 months ago
What a week! Thank you to all those who made
#SfAA2025
such a fantastic Annual Meeting. We are already looking forward to
#SfAA2026
in Albuquerque, March 17-21, 2026!
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hi colleagues and friends! we’re happy to join you on bluesky!
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