In Seattle for @4sweb.bsky.social? Come celebrate our books with us at The Pine Box (1600 Melrose Ave). Thursday, September 4th, 7 to 11 PM. Find us in the Bruce Lee Beer Garden! 📖 🎉 🍰 #4S2025 #AnthroSky #STSSky @carceralecologies.bsky.social @vivvychoi.bsky.social

I know that many don't want to hear this but we've been moving towards this current state of affairs over the past 65 years. And it's really been a bipartisan project. The expansion of the carceral state is the fuel for fascism. Folks have been trying to make this case for a long time.

I’ve recently discovered my local library. We may be a small city library but it feels *so* good to walk in and see familiar anthro texts on the shelves. If you have published a book within the last 12 months (library rules), let me know and I will make it my mission to see that it’s acquired! ✨

if you haven't learned about the imperial boomerang today's as good a day as any

Unrestricted Citizenship by birth on our soil separates the United States from most other countries outside of our hemisphere. Emancipated people pushed for this because African-descended people whose ancestors were forced here for labor were not considered citizens of the country of their birth

All that the media repeats are phrases that relate California’s wildfires to a “war zone.” The ironies are heartbreaking. From G*za to California, climate and development are at the crux of suffering and devastation. Today I feel a profound sense of loss, defeat and hopelessness.

“Since 1993 almost half of California’s new homes have been built in fire hazard areas. Yet, as a contemporary Galileo might say of defensible space, ‘still it burns.’“

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

If you're like me & are currently finalizing your syllabus, you should add this book to your course. Really. #AnthroSky #STSSky #MedAnthro My students & I had the opportunity to read a final draft, and it’s SO GOOD! It sparked thoughtful, thought-provoking conversations. Plus, it’s open access!

This confirms worries that the new Trump admin might empower the corrupt forces opposed to #Guatemala’s elected president. The Florida Republican Party has invited the attorney-general, currently banned from entering the US due to “significant corruption,” to attend inaugural events:

In the genocide trial in #Guatemala against Benedicto Lucas García, expected to end three weeks ago, the defense has attempted to recuse the court to delay sentencing. A judge is now on medical leave and AG Consuelo Porras removed five prosecutors from the case. elfaro.net/en/202411/ce...

Call for pitches for the Summer 2025 NACLA Report guest edited by @kcorinealdi.bsky.social, Jorge Cuéllar, and Paul Joseph López Oro on Central America(s): Sites of Knowledge Production - submit your article idea! nacla.org/call-pitches...

📢Exciting News! Tapuya is now on Bluesky! Find us at @tapuya.org and explore our Starter Pack designed to kick off a thriving Latin American STS community.📦 Join the conversation, connect with us, and let’s build this space together! go.bsky.app/JxBWBbS 🚀 #Bluesky #LatinAmericanSTS

Central America(s): Sights of Knowledge Production, Call For Pitches w/ NACLA Submit by Dec. 13!

Happening now! #AAA2024Tampa #AnthroSky

Who will be in Tampa, Florida for #AAA2024Tampa? Come hear from Rappaport Prize finalists and join us for the Reception. The Anthropology & Environment Society would love to see you!

Hey team — especially anthros — if you happen to find yourself (in two or three dimensions) at #AAA2024Tampa next week, a few cuties are doing a virtual panel on everyday and emergent ecofascism. Friday 10:15am eastern time. Link TBA. Should be… timely! 😬😬😬

Ya les puedo contar un secreto. El próximo Congreso de la Unión Antropológica Mundial (WAU) se llevará a cabo en la Antigua, Guatemala, del 3 al 8 de noviembre de 2025. Si tienen preguntas, con gusto las puedo resolver por acá.