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erin l. durban

@erindurban.bsky.social

🐌 assoc. prof. of anthro and critical disability studies ❤️ feminist studies PhD 📖 author of the sexual politics of empire: postcolonial homophobia in haiti ♿️ project about collective access in ethnographic research for social justice and abolition

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erin l. durban@erindurban.bsky.social · 9mo ago

AAA roundtable for The Disabled Anthropologist: Erin L. Durban, Sumi Colligan, Valerie Black (on screen), Anna Jaysane-Darr, Krisjon Olsen, Alana Ackerman, and Kim Fernandes (missing Megan Moodie who also joined by Zoom)

Six disabled anthropologists pose in front of a screen showing another person in a Zoom room
Dr. Laura Heath-Stout @lheathstout.bsky.social · 2y ago

Since I have so many new followers, I'm re-upping the announcement that MY BOOK IS OUT! It's called Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology, and it's the result of 100 interviews with archaeologists, eight years of work, and so much community support! www.routledge.com/9780367743987 🏺

Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology: Career Arcs

Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology documents how racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, and ableism affect the demographics of archaeology and discusses how knowledge that archaeologi...

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@zhiyingma.bsky.social · last yr.

The book is officially out today! I can't wait to return to Chicago and hold my copy in hand! @socmedanthro.bsky.social

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · last yr.

In "Between Families and Institutions" @zhiyingma.bsky.social examines how the contemporary Chinese state’s biopolitical governance impacts families’ involvement in the psychiatric care of their close relatives. Read the intro for free now! #Anthropology #AsianStudies https://buff.ly/4blj2dp

Cover of Between Families and Institutions: Mental Health and Biopolitical Paternalism in Contemporary China by Zhiying Ma. Background features artwork by Sophie Hing-Yee Cheung, a collage of white rectangular erasers covered in marbled streaks of newspaper ink. The title is centered and framed by a black and purple ink drawing that evokes a tree shape.
UMN American Studies@umn-amst.bsky.social · last yr.

Featuring Drs. Angela Carter, Erin Durban, Jessica Horvath Williams, and Jennie Row! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Critical Disability Studies Conversation

A conversation with the UMN Critical Disability Studies Leadership Team exploring the “D” in RIDGS and considering directions for the next few years. The event will discuss the history of critical dis...

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erin l. durban@erindurban.bsky.social · last yr.

UMN Critical Disability Studies Conversation on April 14.

NYU Press@nyupress.bsky.social · last yr.

Today marks the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting New York City. Despite adversity, our city showed remarkable resilience. Discover tales of ableism and disability activism in "How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic," a chronicle into the lives reshaped by the crisis.

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Kim TallBear@kimtallbear.bsky.social · last yr.

Supportive academics & community members! Please sign this Google Docs letter b4 March 10. Written by Chris Andersen, Dean Faculty of Native Studies UAlberta & Rob Innes, Chair, Indigenous Studies, McMaster U. in support of #Indigenous Studies at #York U, which administrators propose cutting.

Indigenous Studies Response to York’s Suspension of their Program

Dear Dean McMurtry, Provost Peters, and President Lenton, As two Indigenous studies administrators (Dr. Chris Andersen is the Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and Dr....

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