Came across a sign that reads “Movidos por Tecnologia” (Driven by Technology in Portuguese). As someone in STS, I’m driven by technology… I guess?
Mariana Pitta Lima
@maripittalima.bsky.social
researcher at @cidacs_fiocruz | PhD in public health from @isc_ufba | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Editor @4sweb.bsky.social' blog Backchannels - Global South team health & STS, data & society, feminist STS
📣Now open: Call for the next Editor-in-Chief of @tapuya.org We're looking for a leader (or editorial collective) to shape the future of one of the most distinctive open-access journals in Latin American STS.📓 🔥Read the call: tapuya.org/2026/05/15/call-for-nominations-2026-tapuyas-editor-in-chief/
📢 Don't forget to register for our next webinar happening next Tuesday! “What We Learned from Editing the First Handbook of Social Epidemiology” with Professor Terrence Hill 📅 Tuesday April 28th 🕗 09:00 New York / 14:00 London / 22:00 Tokyo 👉 Register now at tinyurl.com/ISES01 ! #SocialEpi #SDoH
A view of the historic center of my hometown, Salvador, Bahia.
I needed to get vaccinated today, so I had to go there. I love this building. The first medical school in Brazil (1808), originally a school of surgery, is located in my city, Salvador.
🆕Just published #OpenAccess Digital Health Data Regulation in a Neoliberal Era: Lessons from the Global South Includes: #PublicHealth #DataProtection #ethics #DigitalInequalities #OpenSource #DataGovernance #HealthApps #bias #telemedicine 🔗 lthj.qut.edu.au/issue/view/150
Just finished Wuthering Heights, still amazed that two of the most disturbing and brilliant stories of the 19th century, along with Frankenstein, came from the imagination of two young British ladies.
A messy desk after two days of intense discussions on Science and AI, with the best relaxing music 🎧. A wonderful workshop by @datasociety.bsky.social! Many thanks and congrats to @chicanocyborg.bsky.social and the team!! 👾 🤖
[Español] 📢Si tienes el interés, compromiso y disponibilidad, te invitamos a sumarte como equipo al ELAD26! La convocatoria está abierta para todas las personas motivadas con la investigación sobre tecnologías digitales con perspectivas sociales y culturales en Latinoamérica. 🧵1/2🧵
It’s out! 🎉 A new article published right in the middle of Brazil’s Carnival season. So happy to be part of this amazing special issue on digital health in the Global South!
Law, Technology and Humans@lawtechhum.bsky.social · 6mo ago🆕New #OpenAccess article Enabling the transformation of linked health and social data to support scientific research and knowledge production - the role of the #GlobalSouth in advancing critical epistemologies #PublicHealth #DigitalHealth @maripittalima.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.5204/lthj...
Speaker spotlight: Bolun Zhang studies infrastructure where material systems meet political–economic regimes, with a focus on China and Global China and computational methods in social science. Panel 2 (Feb 18) uky.zoom.us/j/86848639105 #Infrastructure #STS
This is going to be quite an STS year, I guess. Time to return to the classics: Latour in Portuguese.
Submission to open panels—Extended deadline for 4S Toronto 2026! Call closes Feb 9th 2026. You can submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/abs...
What happens when progressive theory collapses under everyday practice? This new post revisits the Boaventura de Sousa Santos case and proposes a feminist counter-manual on harassment, power, and institutional responsibility in academia. Read it here: blog.castac.org/2025/12/what... #STS
What Not To Do If You Are Accused Of Harassment: The Case Of Boaventura de Souza Santos | Platypus
In this text, we intend to revisit the well-known case of the Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Souza Santos, following its unfolding since the accusations that surfaced after the publication of th...
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The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website. easst.net/fund/
EASST Fund - Call for applications OPEN!
EASST Fund aims to promote national and cross-national community building within EASST, advance new questions, topics and perspectives in science and technology studies, as well as enable collaboratio...
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🏆[NEWS] Donna Haraway has been awarded the 2025 Erasmus Prize, and she calls us to “relearn how to think with each other.” 🗫 🌎Read her acceptance speech here tapuya.org/news/ #ErasmusPrize2025 #DonnaHaraway #TapuyaLASTS
📢 Hello #STSers! The @4sweb.bsky.social Backchannels blog is seeking new Assistant Editors (Global South). Find out more here: 4sonline.org/news_manager... Send your expression of interest by December 15. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more info!
Call for Assistant Editors for 4S Backchannels (Global South)
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If I weren’t already contributing to another blog, I would definitely apply! Great opportunity to be part of such an engaged and dynamic community, always curious and open to new ideas!
CASTAC@castac.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe’re still accepting applications for Contributing Editors (CEs) and Multimodal Contributing Editors (MCEs) for Platypus, our blog. Check 3 reasons to join our community with Kim Fernandes, Platypus Managing Editor⬇️ More info: blog.castac.org/call-for-mce... #Anthropology #STS #CASTAC
Still hesitant about sending your application to work on our blog? Here are 3 reasons to join Platypus as a contributing editor💡 by Kim Fernandes, Platypus Managing Editor kimfernandes.com
Want to join the International Social Epidemiology Society for FREE? Connect with colleagues at all career stages, get updates about our events, & receive an exclusive discount for our 2026 conference! Become a member for FREE today at tinyurl.com/5xufct6u or scan the QR code in the flyer!
We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT
Professor of History - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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I just found out that Victor Frankenstein published in @thelancet.com #Frankenstein #GuillermodelToro
En la publicación de hoy, la segunda de la serie RAFeCT, Juliana Vieira examina el histórico caso brasileño de 2016 de trasplante de útero y los debates que suscitó en torno a la ciencia, los cuerpos y la política de la reproducción. blog.castac.org/multilingual... #CTS #STS
Trasplante de Útero: ¿Avance Científico o Reflejo de Estereotipos de Género? | Platypus
Al fin y al cabo, ¿hasta qué punto las tecnologías médicas consideradas altamente innovadoras, como el trasplante de útero, no expresan una visión progresista del futuro y, en cambio, refuerzan valore...
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Guillermo del Toro is about to release his film adaptation of Frankenstein, and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m completely in love with this beautiful and timeless story, and I can’t wait to see its characters come to life on screen! 🧟♂️
Mariana Pitta Lima@maripittalima.bsky.social · 2y agoI was attending the Technorep seminar (ehess 2018-2019) when prof Ilana Löwy recommended that everyone on reproductive technologies should read this book, and I finally finished it, and it's brilliant. Mary Shelley is a pioneer in science fiction. Just sharing the recommendation for all in #STS
There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice. 📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET 📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM 🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
Happy to be in this beautiful first pic! First on the left (brown top, back facing the camera) — that’s me 😄
ISHPSSB@ishpssb.bsky.social · 11mo agoWow — 287 followers in just 2 weeks! 🙌 Thanks for your support! Here’s a few more snapshots from our July Congress 📸 Open question: What’s the biggest challenge for interdisciplinary work in our fields today? #PhilosophyOfScience, #HistoryOfScience, #STS, #Interdisciplinarity
Day 1 of #ADRUKConf25 wrapped! 🚀 Inspiring keynotes on admin data (Netherlands & Brazil), trusted research environments & AI, plus buzzing parallel sessions + exhibitors. Now onto the evening reception 🎉 See you tomorrow for a ministerial address from Rt Hon Mark Drakeford!
