Incredibly excited: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by @joshua-neves.bsky.social and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the oft-used word. Please read & circulate! networkcultures.org/blog/publica...

In Feeling Machines, @shawnbender.bsky.social looks into the world of Japanese robots engineered for care. Based on fieldwork in Japan, Denmark, & Germany, Bender traces the emergence of care robots in Japan & examines their impact on therapeutic practice around the world www.sup.org/books/anthro...

Many thanks to @aasasianstudies.bsky.social for excerpting Feeling Machines on the #AsiaNow blog @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Hey, it's a new book! Available everywhere Nov. 24, 2024. www.sup.org/books/anthro...