Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

I think we'd see a lot more urgency about regulating AI in Silicon Valley if the AI agents suddenly developed a sense of restorative justice, and instead of them threatening humanity with total extinction, they just wanted to redistribute wealth and reverse power hierarchies.

Practical and playful - that's how I intended to write this piece on "Making Together" as a method. In it, I offer suggestions for researching sociotechnical objects and communities of practice by un/re/making things with others. Take a look at this excellent volume at kitsformethods.com.

Grad students and recent graduates working in the anthro of tech and adjacent fields: submit your paper for the 2026 David Hakken Paper Prize by June 15! This is a great opportunity to receive feedback on your work and to connect with the awesome CASTAC community ✨👩‍💻

CASTAC@castac.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 The David Hakken Graduate Student Paper Prize is now accepting submissions! Recognizing innovative research at the intersection of anthropology and STS. Deadline: June 15, 2026. Self-submissions welcome. #CASTAC #Anthropology castac.org/castac-award...

International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science -- #HOPOS 2026 Ohio State University, Columbus (OH) 22 to 26 June 2026 NEW Submission Deadline: 15 October 2025, 11:59 (PT) & remote option for scholars unable to travel to US hopos2026.dryfta.com. #HPS #philsky 🗃️

HOPOS 2026

Paper and symposium proposals for HOPOS 2026 can now be submitted through this web site. For detailed instructions, plea

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JOB: My department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Digital Cultures and Ethnography! Deadline: Nov 10, 2025. Details here: osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j... Please feel free to share 💫 #STS #mediastudies #folklore #anthropology #academicjobs

Assistant Professor, Digital Cultures and Ethnography

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Futures After Progress - from Baltimore to the world! Listen for a teaser of this powerful read and a timely conversation with @chloeahmann.bsky.social on toxicity, politics, and the possible futures of our pasts 🌱

Chloe Ahmann@chloeahmann.bsky.social · last yr.

Had the total pleasure of speaking with @gilanthro.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about Futures after Progress (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). Interview up now! ✨ newbooksnetwork.com/chloe-ahmann...

[CASPR 2025] Knowledge in Crisis: Navigating Science in Uncertain Times May 2 11AM CDT Join us for a roundtable discussion and Q&A with Alex Hanna, Emily Yates-Doerr, & Juno Salazar Parrenas, moderated by CASTAC Co-Chair Ana Carolina de Assis Nunes caspr2025.eventbrite.com #anthropology #STS

what inspiring books from the 90s' anti-globalization movement should we be reading now to make sense of the political power of big tech, if any?

Apply to participate in a learning community with other academics and practitioners! We are seeking paper as well as hands-on project submissions or apply to be a collaborator.

Data & Society@datasociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣 New CFP! On May 8 and 9, we’re hosting an online workshop on the intersection of generative AI technologies and work. Learn more about what we’re looking for and apply by February 7. datasociety.net/announcement...

📢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

I'll be teaching this Technology and Culture seminar next semester. To any OSU grad students out here - you may expect recent Anthro and STS literature, classic social theory, and amazing guests 🌟

Are you an anthropologist working in Latin American or the Caribbean? Or maybe you just want to know more about the region? Here's a starter pack of some of the members of SLACA (The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology): go.bsky.app/LGV4jHn

I’ve tried to put together a non-exhaustive list of anthropologists on bluesky together. Did I miss anyone? Should I add you? go.bsky.app/GYEM3YK #anthropology #anthrosky

I started STS scholars (broadly construed) starter pack! It's VERY incomplete! I wasn’t sure if there was an easier way to do this than just going through my followers & adding people. Probably missed lots of folks! Please let me know who I missed or if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/H4NcX46

Join us at 4S in Amsterdam! From training AI or service dogs to cultivating human taste and acquiring a new practical skill, we embrace STS reflections and experiments on training in a broad sense. 🤖🐕👅🏋️‍♀️ nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

2023 AAA Roundtable: Tech from the South as Method and Challenge. exhausted but thrilled. first time organizing something like this and the energy was great. what a cool group @vuribede.bsky.social and I put together 🌟

Please read and circulate this editorial by editors of the journal History and Technology, Amy Slaton and and Tiago Saraiva, which fully vindicates my STS (UCL) colleague Jenny Bulstrode and her paper 'Black metallurgists and the making of the industrial revolution' doi.org/10.1080/0734...

A reminder that we have a call for papers open right now - it's for a Thematic Collection on Critical STS Pedagogies. Short papers! Sharp ideas! Call closes 5 December: 4sonline.org/news_manager...