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Tom Yarrow

@tomyarrow.bsky.social

Anthropology professor @ Durham University | Ethnography of heritage, conservation, buildings, knowledge, time... | Less and less certain. Ancient Identities in Britain (2025, UCL) The Object of Conservation (2022, Rouledge) Architects (2019, Cornell)

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Neal Hockley@nealhockley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Enjoyed this lovely piece, even more so when I found it was based on my old friend @tomyarrow.bsky.social's anthropological potterings (Tom & I once spent 2 days running across Eryri's mountains and our silences were prob more than long enough to make @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social deeply uncomfortable).

Gaby Hinsliff@gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As someone who talks incessantly & whose job is trying to make people talk, today’s column goes against all my instincts, but sometimes I think it’s a good idea to consider if you are wrong about something (ps I didn’t write the header, so don’t all start) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tom Yarrow@tomyarrow.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Really pleased my paper (with Paolo Heywood) 'On the problem of continuity' just got accepted by JRAI. It proposes a theory of culture beyond the inventive assumptions that often dominate analyses and over-determine ethnography. DM or email if you're interested to see the accepted draft.

Tom Yarrow@tomyarrow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Absolutely loved archaeologist Rose Ferraby's R3 programme Earthworks -- a lovely, lyrical exploration of materials with thoughtful reflections on time, craft and the traces people leave, and told with so much humanity.

Tom Yarrow@tomyarrow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Adam Reed's new book just arrived and looks terrific -- an ethnography of animal protection, which opens out new ways of thinking about human-animal relations, activism, expert knowledge and imperatives of moral action.

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Tom Yarrow@tomyarrow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Admittedly hot take but IMO Sycamore Gap is a more interesting place without the sycamore. And the social significance of its absence seems on balance to be greater than the presence of the tree itself (not that I condone those who cut it down and with all sympathies to those who grieve its loss!)

Hannah Brown@mamatommy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Durham Anthropology would like to invite you to this years Layton Dialogue! This year’s theme is ‘Multispecies ethnography as a forum for dialogue in anthropology’ and will feature Prof Marianne Lien and Dr Kerry Dore with Dr Simona Capisani as discussant! 📚🎓

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Liana Chua@lianachua.bsky.social · 2y ago

Really happy to be in such wonderful company in Environmental Humanities #envhum! Huge thanks to @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and Franklin Ginn for their guidance and patience throughout the editorial process. Thread on the full issue below

Dolly Jørgensen@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Environmental Humanities November 2024 issue came out a week ago, but I haven't had a chance to post a thread on it yet! I wanted to bring this massive amount of new #envhum scholarship to your attention. read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta... A thread...

Cover of Environmental Humanities, vol 16 issue 3, Nov 2024. Image is a spider web with dew