Livia Garofalo
@livgar_
medical anthropologist etc
researcher, @datasociety
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22-09-2017 09:54:42
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Almost two years after its "debunking," I wrote about the half-life of the serotonin hypothesis for Parapraxis's Winter Issue on The Wish, just going online now: parapraxismagazine.com/articles/bad-m…
Such important work by Data & Society researcher, colleague, and friend Joan Mukogosi on how Black-centered birth workers contend with, resist, and use datafication and engage in vigilant care. Report below📘
My new Data & Society report critically examines how financial literacy and wellness politics converge to sell us “financial wellness.” And how it’s promoted as financial inclusion and racial justice, while helping normalize organized abandonment. datasociety.net/library/medica…
Activists have been protesting Amazon, Google and Microsoft for their ties with the Israeli army for a while. Now we can reveal what those ties actually look like in the context of the assault on Gaza. A story by Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם for +972 Magazine שיחה מקומית 972mag.com/cloud-israeli-…
Some therapists have left their networks because insurers interfered with treatment. Others left after they delayed payments or tried to claw them back. “Insurance reimbursement barely covered the gas it took to get to my office,” one therapist said. projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-the…
Looking forward to presenting this Friday Work, Employment & Society with Valeria Pulignano and James Farrar on meaningful work, moderated by Surviving Work . Details below!
This is an important legal precedent in regulating online therapy platforms. BACP suspends EAP giant Health Assured thanks to the team & contributors of #FileonFour BBC Radio 4 Alys Harte & Ella Rule investigation here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
What a line up. If you have any interest in #platformization you could not do better by joining Work, Employment & Society tomorrow at 1pm to hear about wage theft, professional platformization & the uberization of therapy. Online registration @Britsoci [email protected] or phone 0191 383 0839