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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📣Out now on #firstview! Rabia Abba Omar (Stellenbosch University) and Theo Di Castri @theodicastri.bsky.social @homertoncollege.bsky.social on 'Giving Intentionally Silenced People(s) a Voice' #Archives #Roundtable #History #Creative 🗃️ 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In the following conversation, historian Theo Di Castri and researcher/curator Rabia Abba Omar reflect on how questions of silence and voice are at play in their respective work. After challenging the very idea of ‘giving’ an archival voice to intentionally silenced people(s) and considering some alternative approaches, the conversation moved on to consider how artists, activists, and scholars working in other disciplines stand to expand and enrich our ability to respond to these recurring quandaries.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@profmatthaber.bsky.social has given me the thumbs-up to share this (unofficial) program for PSA. Check it out! And do come out on Friday morning for my symposium on paleogenomics with incredible colleagues @matildecarrera.bsky.social, Jess Kolopenuk, @kstsosie.bsky.social, and Rick Smith.

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Anya Plutynski @plutynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A special collection on ‘Metascience of the evolutionary human sciences’ is now accepting submissions on the Evolutionary Human Sciences website:

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Center for PhilSci @center4philsci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Applications for the 2027-28 Visiting and Postdoc Fellowships will open later this month. #philsci International applicants: please see our website for important information regarding J-1 and H-1B visas. Deadline: December 7th Visiting: ow.ly/BWUy50ZGwJc Postdoc: ow.ly/g20X50ZGwJb

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Still one of the best academic diagrams.

A figure holding a pig, hands said pig off to another figure "Please have this pig", the first figure says. "Thanks," says the second.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

In the archive, mourning experiences I will never have: "Dear Mr. Grice, I apologize for the appearance of this paper. It was lost in the streets of Berkeley for several hours, during which time it was apparently run over by some sort of vehicle." (Sadly, the paper was not included)

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Clearly I cannot cite (Anon, m.s.), right?!

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Folks, I'm in a quandary. Last year I reviewed a paper that was great, but had some problems. I recommended revisions. It seems clear, however, that it was rejected. I want to use some ideas and cite the draft. I have attempted to track down the paper and the author with no luck. What do I do?

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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

📣📣📣 Applications for the 2025 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!! Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply! More info: disi.org

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Wait a second... you don't think...?

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Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

At the end of my 2-year presidency of @philsci.bsky.social I want to thank all PSA members. Serving this incredible community of scholars has been the honour of my life. ICYMI, my PSA 2024 address on Local knowledges and the right to participate in science is online philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24452/

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

So glad to see this article finally out! An incredibly useful model to compare to an increasingly popular example of animal cumulative culture.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

6. Issues for philosophy of science? The book raised important questions for me about the use of statistical methods in simulation studies and phylogenetic inference. It strikes me that there is important philosophical work that needs to be done in this area for some more technically-minded folks.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

5. Great for teaching In part because of the clarity, I think this is a great teaching book. I especially liked the (slightly long!) chapter on genocide, data sovereignty, and palaeogenomic inference (Ch. 8 "Seeing Ghosts: From the Excavated Past to the Hauntings of the Present").

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

4. Clarity of presentation This is my first Fullwiley book, but I was incredibly impressed by the clarity of presentation on complex and technical issues. The material on ancestry-informative markers (AIMs) was particularly excellent — it'll find its way into my class for sure.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

3. Rich ethnographic material The best part is Fullwiley's ethnography of the Kittles lab, examining how radicalized dynamics play out across all levels of scientific, social, and individual meaning-making — this was powerfully and clearly presented, with some truly engaging actors.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

2. New Concepts Fullwiley's "Sci Non-Fi" (Ch. 7) is an interesting new concept, about how scientific fantasies, or imagination, structure and inspire new research. It's not a big deal, but I didn't find this concept distinct from more familiar science studies ideas like "scientific imaginaries".

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

1. Structure The book collects pieces from Fullwiley's decades-long ethnographic work in genomics labs. The introduction provided some overarching framing — but my experience was that the book contained relatively isolated segments (the introduction; Chs. 1–2; 3–6; 7; 8).

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Another book finished as prep for a new course! I read Duana Fullwiley's "Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science" A tiny book review:

The cover of Duana Fullwiley's book "Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science". The cover depicts the silhouette of a Black woman. Overlaid on top of the silhouette are rows of colored bars, depicting the result of some genetic test.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Huh! I might have to defer to people who work on the semantics/psych of moral language. I would have thought that "shouldn't" and "oughtn't" had the same kind of "force". Or maybe it's a Britishism? I don't think folks in the US tend to use "ought not"....

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Fifth, a tiny gripe. And I know this is rich coming from a philosopher — but I would have appreciated more pictures. Especially given the emphasis on publicity, I had been expecting more about the displays/images used in science communication, mass marketing, public spaces, and the like. 6/6

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Fourth, a wish. I wished there had been more on the public reception and understanding. Towards the end of the book "celebrity" just seems to be operationalized as "media coverage" — but I didn't know who the public was that was reading, engaging, or seeking more information about aDNA. 5/6

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Third, a useful new concept, well-situated in the literature. This is the idea of "celebrity science" as a science that "exists and evolves under intense public interest and extreme media exposure [...] a celebrity science is the outcome of prolonged publicity." (202) 4/6

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Second, what a great intro book. The chapters are easy to read, driven by interviews and narratives. Most end with connections to big ideas in philosophy, history, and STS (think trading zones, boundary objects, data-driven research, &c.) A very useful resource for introducing these concepts. 3/6

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

First, what a great topic. Maybe it's millennial nostalgia, but it was both fun and fascinating to learn about the genesis of Jurassic park and the outsized influence that book and film had on creating and sustaining interest in "ancient DNA". 2/6

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

As part of prep for a new course, I read Elizabeth D. Jones's "Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science." A tiny book review. 1/6

The cover of a book, "Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science" by Elizabeth D. Jones. Below the title, a cardboard model of a dinosaur skeleton looks to be walking off the cover, leaving only its hind legs, spine, and tail visible.

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Cameron Buckner @cameronbuckner.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Please share widely: I am hiring a postdoc in philosophy of AI at the University of Florida! The AOS covers philosophy of AI, mind, science, cognitive science, and ethics, and we also welcome applications from PhDs in related disciplines. philjobs.org/job/show/27762

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Like you straight up pulled an incorrectum. I guess I was thinking about an older idea from Elizabeth Anderson, that certain kinds of labor (surrogacy, maybe sex work?) value individuals improperly as commodities. I reckoned there might be similar value mismatches in the aesthetic domain.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Ahhh! Interesting, interesting. Not who I expected to pop up here, but a very welcome reference indeed. Will look forward to reading Black (forthcoming) "Oblique Touches on Aestheticizing Objects"!

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Folks working on aesthetics: is there work about "aestheticizing" something that shouldn't be evaluated aesthetically? Like, valuing something as an aesthetic object when it should be evaluated/valued in some other way — like as a religious or political object or practice?

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

You'd think this would be the easiest thing to do, right? Especially for institutional requirements that hold across the University System. Somewhat boggles the mind.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Ahhh, "Decision Regarding Your Manuscript" email, my old friend. Which day do I open you? Which day do I risk being ruined...? Which night risks the rapid consumption of all the eggnog in our house?

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

And while I think there are good elements (as mentioned above), I worry about the long arc of this trajectory towards ever more bureaucratization and an increasing sense among students that the classroom *just is* a service. That is, a service, rather than a place of learning, joy, and excitement.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Perhaps this is a consequence of being a humanities scholar in a technical college, where other courses have much clearer connections between success and failure, and don't employ qualitative measures (like participation). (Though, I'm skeptical of that line of thought).

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

While I get that this explicitness can reduce arbitrary decision-making, it also seems wildly over-bureaucratized. When I reflect on it, I don't think I should be the one to (a) set up *extensive* policies, (b) require students to know them. And yet that seems to be where I've ended up.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Most students will never read the syllabus, let alone these documents (currently in the area of about 20 pages per course). That's fine. But my experience of the last few years suggests that in situations of contestation, these documents are necessary.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

More than this, though, I've had to cover my butt in more specific ways. I have clear policies on lateness and attendance, AI use, plagiarism, group work, &c. All because of previous challenges. This has led to a four-page generic course policies document that outlines all of these policies.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

As I said, the demand is generally reasonable. But I'm also finding it increasingly about covering butts. I have never been challenged so often on "participation" grades as I have recently. So what do I do? Create another newer and clearer set of criteria and rubrics to point to when challenged.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

But students are also demanding — rightly, I think — transparency on grading, especially in qualitative subjects. So my syllabi are bloating insofar as they now link to *other documents*; general essay-based and assessment-specific rubrics, criteria, and examples.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Another is institution-mandated language on courses that fulfill general program requirements. As far as I can tell, this is boilerplate for people who haven't jumped on the learning objectives/activities/assessment bandwagon. For those of us that have, it's typically redundant and not as good.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

So my syllabi are getting longer and longer. One good reason? Clarity around learning objectives, classroom activities/organization, assessment, and the relationship between the three. I think this a pretty salubrious shift in syllabus design/presentation of the last decade or two.

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

As this semester winds down, and I start preparing classes for the next one and the next one, I've been thinking more and more about the bloat in my syllabi and the bureaucratization of the classroom as a whole. A short thread.

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 27/11/2024

Meanwhile, in philosophy

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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

PLEASE AMPLIFY: We will host our Summer 2025 workshop on #Indigenous #Health & Artificial Intelligence to take place on the lands of the Ak-Chin Maricopa Indian Community in AZ week of June 2-6: indigidata.org Travel & Lodging 100% Covered Deadline to apply: January 31st #AI

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I know what I'm thankful for this week: critical studies of genetics and genomics.

A stack of three books: Jones's "Ancient DNA", Richardson's "The Maternal Imprint", and Fullwiley's "Tabula Raza".

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Andrew Buskell @andrewbuskell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Thanks Aaron! I had found the Mayo clinic site, but had only stumbled on opportunities for summer internships. This looks like just what the student is into!

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