“Sleep and Its Meanings” is available #openaccess from @mitpress.bsky.social — it’s a diverse collection of emergent social studies of sleep. Check it out! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

Sleep and Its Meanings: Sociocultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies

A wide-ranging collection exploring the many meanings of sleep, within the context of the humanities and social sciences.Sleep has been an object of specia

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We're about a month away from the official release of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century, which was an effort made better by so many friends being involved, esp. @eraikhel.bsky.social and Junko Kitanaka, who did so much work to make this volume from @rutgersupress.bsky.social happen.

We're so excited to have this out in the world! And so grateful to the contributors, peer reviewers, endorsers, and staff at @rutgersupress.bsky.social for helping it come into being! May it work its way onto many syllabuses and bookshelves...

Elizabeth Graber@elizabethgraber.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very excited that copies of the first book I signed at @rutgersupress.bsky.social landed on my desk today! Fabulous to see it in print. Congrats to @mw-m.bsky.social, Junko Kitanaka, and Eugene Raikhel on a wonderful book. To quote an endorsement, it's "truly a landmark in the field."

I'm looking forward to 4S and another visit to Toronto! The 4S meetings are definitely my favorite "big" conference (and they aren't even that big), with lots of variety in content and opportunities to meet new people.

Kean Birch@keanbirch.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

This happens tomorrow! I hope you can join us (it's free and open to the public): us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

cass hartblay (she/they)@chartblay.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join me next Tuesday for a virtual book launch event for my new book, Access Vernaculars. Hosted by the Society for Disability Studies. With discussants Raquel Velho and @xcherkaev.bsky.social, and organized by @mw-m.bsky.social ! Get the book at @cornellupress.bsky.social

I'm so pleased to share the cover of Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century. I've been working on this for the past few years with @eraikhel.bsky.social and Junko Kitanaka for @rutgersupress.bsky.social, and it will finally be available in April 2026! Read more: bit.ly/46zEzOF

In a new series at PB, Systems & Futures section editor Matthew Wolf-Meyer (@mw-m.bsky.social) introduces “No Future”: A Lexicon. Throughout the week, contributors will explore the question: Can we reject the future?

“No Future”: A Lexicon

If the future hasn’t changed in the past, how could it possibly change now?

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Anxiety about the future is nothing new. As @mw-m.bsky.social writes, “Rejecting future’s seeming inevitability has defined thought and practice around the world, likely for the whole of human history.” Our new series “No Future”: A Lexicon, begins today:

“No Future”: A Lexicon

If the future hasn’t changed in the past, how could it possibly change now?

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"Offering distance and difference in vantage, the post-post-apocalyptic allows the imaginary lens to recenter its focus on a freed moment in time, along with its sovereign, mutable future.” A new essay up at @publicbooks.bsky.social for a new series edited by @mw-m.bsky.social: shorturl.at/WdMDg

“No Future” Lexicon: The Post-Post-Apocalyptic - Public Books

But what lies beyond the end of the world? Casting off the trappings accreted by the post-apocalyptic genre emerge stories of the post-post-apocalyptic.

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This piece in New City is an abbreviated version of the introduction of Proposals for a Caring Economy--it'll give you a sense of the tone and content of the book, which I hope is welcoming and provoking for readers from all sorts of backgrounds: nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Visions of a Caring Economy

A new book explores what it would look like to build an economy that places care and caregiving work at the forefront.

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It's true! After a few years of work and waiting, this little book is here--suitable for use in intro anth and sociology classes, and a remedy for evidence-free policy proposals (I've been telling people it's like reading the @nytimes.com editorial page, but with actual evidence!).

Leah Pennywark@lpennywark.bsky.social · last yr.

Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer's @mw-m.bsky.social Forerunner, Proposals for a Caring Economy, offering models of care beyond capitalist constraints, is out now! Read an excerpt here: nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Yesterday, I received a rejection on an article revision, which relied entirely on a peer review provided by a very cranky and mean Reviewer #2. Today, I wrote the editors of that journal an email encouraging them to exercise their editorial power and not send along useless and mean peer reviews.

I agree with all of what @rcolesworthy.bsky.social says here--and am also bad at it. I--probably like a lot of academic authors--am at war with myself about being more of a self-promoter, but I tend to blame it on my introversion rather than self-promotion squeamishness. Maybe they're the same?

Rebecca Colesworthy@rcolesworthy.bsky.social · last yr.

This one is chock full of links to @aupresses.bsky.social's AskUP--the most valuable (& imho under-used) resource on scholarly publishing out there. I can't tell you how much I've learned from it. 9 times out of 10 if I have a Q about publishing, it's answered there. ask.up.hcommons.org?s=marketing

I have a new piece in Lateral--on subjunctive grief. It started years ago when I was working on Unraveling and then languished during the early pandemic. But now it is here, thanks to generous peer reviewers and the editors at Lateral: doi.org/10.25158/L14...

It's (nearly) officially here: Proposals for a Caring Economy. It's full of thoughtful and thought-provoking pieces that take centering care as the basis of social organization, from everyday institutions to geopolitical relations. Thanks @uminnpress.bsky.social!

On May 30-31, the Society for Disability Studies is hosting two author-focused events with @drrobertchapman.bsky.social, Faye Ginsburg, and Rayna Rapp (and diverse panels of commentators). Registration is open and free. www.patreon.com/posts/regist...

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If you need a dose of sincerity from me, this video has it! It's such an honor and pleasure to work with @uminnpress.bsky.social -- a press I idolized as a grad student (the THL series! posthumanities! theory out of bounds!) and have found so much support through as an author. Excelsior!

University of Minnesota Press@uminnpress.bsky.social · last yr.

In celebration of our 100th, we have compiled a video with 🥰⚡🌟🥳 submissions from our community, incl. @thesiouxchef.bsky.social @whitneytrettien.bsky.social @mkgold.bsky.social @mw-m.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com @sarahlwasserman.bsky.social @emmamolls.bsky.social ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_NG...

A new issue of Catalyst is out, including a piece from me on #bioethics and #disability. It draws on memoirs from #autistic authors and fleshes out a cybernetic theory of disability to argue against for more attention to atypical forms of communication. It's argumentative! doi.org/10.28968/cft...

"Proposals for a Caring Economy" comes out this spring. I often hope that a book will become irrelevant by the time it's published. Sadly, this little book is more relevant than ever. It offers a set of ethnographically-driven policy recommendations, suitable for any reader. bit.ly/4iS1tUS

Proposals for a Caring Economy

Offers much-needed care models beyond capitalist constraints For too long, questions of care provision and inclusion have been shaped by economic justificati...

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Hey! I had a conversation with two fellow #microbial travelers-- Amber Benezra and Gloria Chan-Sook Kim--about our recent (and very different) forays into microbial worlds. Maybe you'll enjoy listening to it? It includes a lot of shit talk (for better and worse!) and feeling disgusted!

University of Minnesota Press@uminnpress.bsky.social · last yr.

🎧: It's a microbe's world. We just live in it. New podcast episode featuring @mw-m.bsky.social, Amber Benezra, and Gloria Chan-Sook Kim: share.transistor.fm/s/e13d8ed0

I wrote a piece for #anthropology news about middle theories of care as a way to advocate for diverse needs—maybe you’ll enjoy it? www.anthropology-news.org/articles/for...

Forget Care - Anthropology News

Peter sits on a chaise lounge with a clear vessel full of a shake he’s about to drink. He holds it up to show its brownish-red color and thick

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The deadline for these jobs is quickly approaching (Jan 10)! #design #equity #technology

Matthew Wolf-Meyer@mw-m.bsky.social · 2y ago

My department, Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer, is hiring two positions in Design, Innovation & Society—one tenure track (equitable design) and one teaching track (open area). It’s a very supportive department with excellent students. Please share! careers.rpi.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

For over a decade, I've been blogging about academic professionalization and running a seminar for graduate students that includes a lot about writing article manuscripts. You can now download "How to Publish an Academic Article in 6 Steps" as a free eBook here (I hope): bit.ly/3D9lnLG

My department, Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer, is hiring two positions in Design, Innovation & Society—one tenure track (equitable design) and one teaching track (open area). It’s a very supportive department with excellent students. Please share! careers.rpi.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

Now that the #anthropology feed is more robust, I’m passing along this notice of the @uminnpress.bsky.social #AAA2024 sale:

Matthew Wolf-Meyer@mw-m.bsky.social · 2y ago

There are a bunch of wonderful books on sale through the University of Minnesota Press’s annual #anthropology sale—as well as my most recent books, American Disgust and Naked Fieldnotes (with Denielle Elliott): www.upress.umn.edu/aaa24/ Please reskeet! (1/7)

After a few years of work, a small edited volume called Proposals for a Caring Economy comes out this spring: It has the vibes of being at a workshop of ideas and pushes thinking about care to address energy transitions, art exhibits, agriculture, etc. And me articulating a temporal labor theory!

University of Minnesota Press@uminnpress.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to launch our Spring/Summer list of books—extra special as they will publish during our ⚡centennial⚡ in 2025 (more on that in coming weeks!). Proudly featuring @joshuagooch.bsky.social @adamkotsko.bsky.social @dissentum.bsky.social @julesod.bsky.social @mw-m.bsky.social z.umn.edu/ss25

There are a bunch of wonderful books on sale through the University of Minnesota Press’s annual #anthropology sale—as well as my most recent books, American Disgust and Naked Fieldnotes (with Denielle Elliott): www.upress.umn.edu/aaa24/ Please reskeet! (1/7)

I don’t tend to post about politics, because who needs another academic opining about politics? But I need to exorcise some ideas and if making them public helps anyone… The Democrats are not a national party. You can’t plan to lose the middle of the country and think you can win reliably. 1/10

I often ask my students whether they would eat a candy bar that they found on a bench to get them to think about taboo and disgust. How is it different to eat candy from a stranger? Would you eat an unwrapped candy bar presented by a friend or co-worker? Today, the dilemma presents itself IRL…

Here’s my guide to applying to graduate school. Ostensibly it’s for anthropology, but I think it’s generally applicable—I’d be happy to learn if it doesn’t work for other disciplines! matthewwolfmeyer.com/2012/08/12/s...

So You’re Applying to Graduate School (in Anthropology)

Applying to graduate school can seem daunting, but if you take it step by step it doesn't need to be so. But this means starting the process early -- like a year before you plan on applying -- and mak...

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