In this article, Arjun Appadurai discusses recent work by Achille Mbembe (Achille Mbembe), Walter Mignolo (Walter Mignolo) and Catherine Walsh on #postcolonial thought in #Africa and #LatinAmerica in The Nation ow.ly/joR450DX3Ji

👉 Registration open! Politics and Ethics of #PlatformLabour: Learning from #LivedExperiences Conference 13 - 15 April 2021 ➞ bit.ly/2Q1P0Wt Exploring the #politics and #ethics of platform labour from the perspective of the workers themselves. With the MaxCam Centre

Another Gaze /Another Screen have put together this incredible programme - six Brazilian films about women and work, streaming alongside a compelling set of texts and interviews. Worth having a look and making a donation - they made this happen despite receiving no formal funding

Delighted to join Queens’ College as a Rokos PDRA! Queens' College Cambridge University

SERIES SPOTLIGHT: Anthropology at Work presents ethnography-based, anthropological analyses of work in its diverse contexts and manifestations. Two new titles coming this spring: Set to See Us Fail and Working the Fabric. Full details: bit.ly/3IUn8N0

Good news: my first book, on work and life in the Harris Tweed industry, has just been published by @BerghahnBooks BerghahnAnthropology ! Queens' College Cambridge University UoMAnthropology Cambridge CSI Harris Tweed Authority 50% discount code until end of May: NASC8829 berghahnbooks.com/title/Nascimen…

Happy May Day! Always a good opportunity to revisit Walter Crane’s work: historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-solid… Laura C Forster

A recently released book will be of interest to those wanting to know more about the culture of the Clò Mòr. Read the full story here - harristweed.org/journal/workin… #harristweed #ClòMòr #outerhebrides #culture #anthropology #book #history

“Patchwork Ethnography” on American Ethnologist now! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to refining the concept and the 6 generous reviewers. Gokce Gunel Chika Watanabe anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/am…

"I was immediately called to 'Spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice' by the premise...I loved the idea of the spellcaster’s greatest desire being a beautiful voice." Read more from Safia Elhillo (Safia Elhillo) who responds to a work in "Africa & Byzantium." metmuseum.org/perspectives/a…

How can agricultural production secure the livelihoods of millions of households in Colombia? Gloria Pérez-Rivera argues we must first examine forced displacement as a financial strategy. You can read her full piece here: culanth.org/fieldsights/re…

Joana Nascimento writes about the "latent potential of ‘work/labour’ as an analytical category...[and] its contribution to develop more holistic and generative approaches to the study of socio-economic life."

Glad to see this published in such a generative venue. Thank you Tim, Juliane and Gabriela Cabaña for the great editorial work!

Coastal Futures, the latest series in our Theorizing the Contemporary Editor's Forum is now out! culanth.org/fieldsights/se…

The outcome of an incredible conversation over the last year on ‘the present’ now out American Ethnologist - see brilliant work by Deborah Thomas Joana Nascimento Chika Watanabe Geoff Aung Kelly Fagan Robinson Charis Boutieri Anthony Pickles Emilie Glazer and Stefan Tarnowski

Though E.P. Thompson is one of the 20th century's great historians, during much of his life, "the writing of history took a back seat to the actual making of history." On the centenary of his birth, Julian Harber reflects on Edward as a teacher and political activist.

Delighted to have this published in such good company - the culmination of a year-long series of conversations on ‘the present’ in anthropology, now out American Ethnologist. Thank you Nikita Simpson, Tim Cooper and Michael Edwards for bringing us together and for the great editorial work!

Works on works: #TSRWork editor Asiya Islam and Alessandra Messadri Alessandra Mezzadri collaborate on a #readinglist of key texts on work as seen through a feminist lens, including Angela Davis, Silvia Federici, Maria Mies, bell hooks and many more. buff.ly/495xpR8