I am super happy that the article "Anticipating the Future" I wrote with Stefan Reinsch has just been published in Social Science & Medicine. It presents our work on reproductive decision-making among people with cystic fibrosis in Germany. You can view and download it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Herzlichen Dank an den Vorstand der @dgska.bsky.social für das deutliche Unterstützungsschreiben angesichts der drohenden Kürzungen, durch die die Existenz unseres Instituts @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social insgesamt bedroht wäre 🙏

Gestern protestierten unsere Studierenden bei einer Sitzung des akad. Senats gegen die Kürzungspläne der FU Berlin, die unser Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie unverhältnismäßig hart treffen würden. Vielen Dank an alle, die sich solidarisiert haben. It means a lot! 💜✊ (Photo: U. Probst)

“Activism Was a Survival Strategy”: Chronic Illness and the Power of Endometriosis Activism as Work - König - Anthropology of Work Review - Wiley Online Library anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I am delighted to share that Caroline Meier zu Biesen's and my article on #endometriosis activism and/as work is out now in Anthropology of Work Review (Open Access). It is part of a Special Issue on Disability, Chronicity, and Work by Giorgio Brocco and Stefanie Mauksch: doi.org/10.1111/awr....

At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever: www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...

@domattes.bsky.social and I invite you to this exciting event on June 19 at Spore Initiative in Berlin: @alicebieberstein.bsky.social will talk with Esra Özyürek about her book 'Subcontractors of Guilt' and the implications it has for the current situation in Germany. The event is free of charge!

This sounds like a super interesting exhibition. What a pity I won't be in the UK tonsee it....

The wonderful Andrea Whittaker and I published a paper on brokers in the fertility industry: Transnational reproductive brokers in crisis: Cultural Studies: Vol 39 , No 2 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

News from the newly founded Alliance for Critical Scholarship and Solidarity. Press Review on the resolution of the German Bundestag “Never again is now: protecting, preserving and strengthening Jewish life in Germany”... krisol-wissenschaft.org/en/pressespi...

„Damit hat Bettina Völter etwas geschafft, was wir im allgemeinen Diskurs (und zum Teil selbst in unserem unmittelbaren persönlichen Umfeld) schmerzlich vermissen: Sie hat sich nicht angemaßt, über uns, unsere Sorgen und unsere Bedürfnisse zu sprechen.“ #ASHBerlin

It's out! Our latest book on reproduction and the good life. Focussing on injustice in healthcare created by normalistic conceptions of time and the good life. Contributions by @isabellamarcinski.bsky.social @ralmeling.bsky.social @anikakoenig.bsky.social and others. #Medizinethik #bioethics

Es ist da! Als Druck und open access: Unser neuestes Buch zur Fortpflanzungsmedizin aus intersektionaler Perspektive. Dank an meine wunderbare Co-Herausgeberin @isabellamarcinski.bsky.social und unsere Autorinnen! #Medizinethik #bioethics

In the mail today - a really wonderful collection edited by @cwiesemann.bsky.social and @isabellamarcinski.bsky.social that includes my conceptual paper on reproductive stratification that extends Colen's stratified reproduction by focusing on stratification within groups of people involved in ART

How do people with rare genetic diseases view prenatal testing for their own condition? Today, our new paper on the views of people with #cysticfibrosis and #marfan syndrome was published in New Genetics and Society t.co/J40d0lVhAp

Only 4 days left (deadline is 22 Jan)! We'd love to receive your proposals for our f2f panel at #easa2024 in July in Barcelona: "Doing and undoing reproduction" in which we focus on reproductive technologies that facilitate and/or prevent births nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

Join us in beautiful Barcelona at #easa2024! Stefan Reinsch and I invite paper proposals on "Doing and Undoing Reproduction", Panel 141 nomadit.co.uk/conference/e... The deadline is 22 January.

The German Alliance for Global Health Research has made available my recent talk on a critical medical anthropological perspective on global health: m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKB3...

Today! 6pm CET.... Come and join us for this interactive Zoom performance on surrogacy and Q&A afterwards!

For our AnthroDesires Blog, @mxschnepf.bsky.social wrote "An affectionate review" of Queer Companions: anthrodes.hypotheses.org/637

A desire comes to world, a dream made real. So incredibly proud, over the moon really. To all those who came on board, believed in the vision, made it happen, especially the incredible @lizault.bsky.social - I say: pyar, shukriya + desire mubarak 💕 Pakistan Desires is out now @dukepress.bsky.social

Nice article on in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) featuring several gender and STS scholars… www.wsj.com/health/what-...

Danke, Theater Bremen! Last week I was invited to the production of „Happy Nights“ (highly recommended!), to talk about my research with Bibiana Mendes from the production team and could also join a conversation between cast and audience afterwards.

Anindita Majumdar, Heather Jacobson, and I just published a new article! "Im/mobility in the transnational surrogacy market: disruptions and vulnerabilities in and beyond pandemic times". You can download it for free here: tandfonline.com/eprint/KTAWT... or just contact us if you can't access it.

For those of you who haven't seen Global Belly yet - there will be another show on November 11 at 6pm! An online performance on transnational surrogacy and the complexities of third-party reproduction I was involved in as a scientific advisor. In English. With Q & A afterwards.

A massive thank you to everyone who has donated codes. We need more requests for codes, so we can distribute the codes to anyone who wants them. Please share this request link as widely as possible. Thank you. forms.gle/cfopfrE7igpU...

When in the North… im Theater Bremen läuft gerade „Happy Nights“ zu Sexarbeit (und mit Sexarbeiter*innen). Am 21.10. darf ich davor an einem Gespräch zu Sex/Arbeit, Migration und Kapitalismus teilnehmen und nach der 20.30 Vorstellung bin ich auch beim Publikumsgespräch dabei!

Announcing on #WorldMentalHealthDay a 3 yr post which puts the expertise, ethics and politics of lived experience at the heart of discovery research! Join us at Durham's Institute for Medical Humanities & Department of Psychology. Apply by Nov 7 t.co/SiZt3j622X

We are hiring! If you are interested in working as a research assistant AND conducting a PhD at the same time on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on medical uncertainty, consider applying: (I will be very grateful if you could help to spread this as widely as possible)

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Pro tip: if you want lots of space and nobody seated close to you on the Berlin U-Bahn (tube), put on a mask. Successfully tested for you this morning 🥳

I just found out from a colleague that my article on surrogacy during the war in Ukraine tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... is currently the most read article published in 'Medical Anthropology' within the last year. For me, this is a huge thing. Thanks to everyone who made my work possible!

Für diejenigen, die sich für deutschen Kolonialismus und aktuelle Debatten dazu interessieren: www.flinnworks.de/projekt/mare... Eröffnung ist am 12.10. um 18.00. Mehr Infos auf der Website von Flinnworks

On my way to Vienna for a meeting of Janina Kehr's Research Group Health Matters and our Medical Anthropology/Global Health team in order to talk about our research projects and possible collaboration.