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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Oh, here is the abstract @amanthro.bsky.social When I have more time, I'll do a thread about the works I discuss in the essay. I should also add that there is so much great multispecies/more-than-human scholarship that choosing what to teach/what to include in this review was quite a challenge.

Political Animals: To Live & Die in More-Than-Human Worlds
Luísa Reis-Castro

ABSTRACT

What does it mean to live—and therefore die—in a more-than-human world? This review essay explores that question through reflections on teaching Political Animals: Species, Class, Race, and Gender, an undergraduate course that introduces students to scholarship on human-nonhuman relations. Organized around four questions—What are the politics of connections in more-than-human worlds? What is health or well-being when some multispecies relations can cause harm and death? Who counts as human? And how might the human-animal “divide” be reimagined?—the course investigated how encounters and entanglements between diverse beings, as well as the boundaries between humanity and animality, are shaped by power, hierarchy, and enduring inequalities. Tracing how these debates unfolded in the classroom, I argue that multispecies scholarship, despite critiques that it sidelines social inequalities by supposedly bypassing the human, can instead offer new ways of thinking through race, class, gender, colonialism, and the contested meanings of being human. In doing so, I show how the classroom offers a distinctive vantage point from which to examine how anthropological ideas travel beyond academic debates. Teaching more-than-human relations becomes a way of preparing students to grapple with the political and ethical stakes of living—and dying—in a shared world.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Honored to be part of the @ucpress.bsky.social Atelier series with such a stellar group of anthropologists. #AnthroSky For those somehow trying to write a book amidst ALL that is going on & interested in the series, I’m happy to share my experience so far (spoiler alert: it has been great!).

This book series in anthropology takes a ground-up approach to the acquisition and publication of new ethnographic works. The aim is to set the conditions for collaboration at each stage of a book’s development, from the earliest draft through publication. Rather than considering those manuscripts in their finished state, this series sets out to curate a cohort of scholars committed to the idea that ethnographic writing is itself a form of intellectual work.
An Atelier book sets itself apart in at least two ways. The first is by addressing the problems and possibilities of ethnographic inquiry in the twenty-first century. These include the matters of evidence, conceptual reach, and thematic urgency, as well as narrative voice and analytical innovation. Atelier is defined by neither a particular region nor any of anthropology’s four fields, but rather by a commitment to the art of ethnography. The second is by participating in a sociality of sustained, critical reflection. The aim of this series is to generate a group of scholars from all career stages working together toward the completion of each author’s respective book project.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Those interested in submitting to the series should email a CV, 2-3 page synopsis, annotated Table of Contents, draft introduction, and a sample chapter to the series editor Kevin O’Neill no later than June 1, 2026 at kevin.oneill@utoronto.ca. The synopsis should describe the book project in no more than 2,000 words and must include: a statement about the intended audience for the book; the total anticipated word count of the full manuscript, including the main text, footnotes, bibliography, and any appendices; a description of the art program and total number of images; and an estimated deadline for completing the full manuscript. Please let the editor know if portions of the book have been or will be previously published.

Covers of books from the Atelier series.
More info here: https://www.ucpress.edu/series/atelier-ethnographic-inquiry-in-the-twenty-first-century

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society #STSsky

About the role
The postholder will be expected to develop a research programme in areas relevant to Science and Technology Studies, with a particular focus on nature- and environment-related subjects. For the purposes of this position, nature and environment may be construed liberally to include, but not be limited to, natural resources, human and more-than-human relationship, humans and other animals, the built environment, environmental history, environmental knowledge, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, sustainability, all approached from an STS perspective. Applications from scholars with a focus on the Global South are especially welcome. This is a 100% FTE appointment starting in January 2026 until 31 July 2028.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

As I start advising grad students, I’m concerned by how little funding is available for their brilliant projects. Even if we change course (& that will take work!), the long-term effects will be devastating. WG noted this in their letter ending Sapiens to focus on research. bsky.app/profile/wenn...

We take our responsibility in this moment seriously. The Mellon Foundation is no longer a source of funding for our applicants; neither is the Ford Foundation. The U.S. Fulbright program, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and other grantors are facing draconian cuts, restrictions or elimination.

Many of our grant applicants have nowhere else to turn.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🦟 Can the Mosquito Bite? 🦟 The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro How does the use of a bacterium in vector control reconfigure biopolitical relations? New article at @estsjournal.bsky.social! #STSsky #AnthroSky

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Can the Mosquito Bite? The Multispecies Transmutation of Wolbachia Mosquitoes as Biotechnologies of Epidemic Control in Rio de Janeiro

ABSTRACT
A bite from the Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit pathogenic viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. While public health campaigns have historically focused on eliminating this vector species, a project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, proposes to release A. aegypti carrying the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia. This microbe, passed from female A. aegypti to their progeny, would hinder viral transmission, making the bite less of a threat and promoting a more convivial coexistence. In releasing Wolbachia mosquitoes, project proponents presented their strategy as a solution for disease control that harnessed “nature,” instead of working against it. By juxtaposing historical accounts and ethnographic research in Rio with descriptions of biological processes, this article investigates how the microbe-mosquito dyad was turned into a biotechnology of epidemic control. Proponents of the Wolbachia project hoped that a change within multispecies relations—the novel human-bacterium-mosquito relationship—would change other multispecies relations—the historically constituted human-virus-mosquito relationships in Rio and beyond. This shift, which I term “multispecies transmutation,” highlights how relational alterations in both biologies and socialities created a new life-form (“Wolbachia mosquitoes”) and a new form of life (of multispecies coexistence). By tracing the more-than-human biopolitical arrangements put forward by the project, this article explores the recalibration of technoscientific solutions to global environmental health concerns. Multispecies transmutation offers a new framework for understanding the management of multispecies relations, showing how techniques of governance can target not individuals or populations per se, but rather interspecies connections.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Visited the fantastic Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture yesterday. In this moment, when things seem so hopeless and overwhelming, I needed the reminder that this struggle is not new. A luta continua!

A photo of four protest photographs from the 1970s. The first features a peace sign, the second a sign reading 'We will not be intimidated,' the third one saying 'Junto,' and the final one with 'If you love your people help.

Photo of the painting “Beautiful Boyle Heights” by Wayne Alaniz Healy

Photo of the painting "The Arrest of the Paleteros," by Frank Romero

Photo of the painting: "Work Ethic" by Rosy Cortez

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Yes, #AnthroSky, join us at #AnthroCoWrite for some wonderful writing community. *Of course, folks who are anthro-adjacent, and other kinds of writers, are also welcome.

A drawing of a slug wearing blue headphones, seemingly working out, with "Anthro Co-Write" written on top.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

As most other Angelines, I’ve been checking Watch Duty repeatedly these last days. It is indeed a great app! But one of the first things I noticed when I downloaded it was this hole in the air quality map! Not surprisingly, these areas are predominantly Black and Latine communities…

Print screen of the Watch Duty app, showing a lack of monitors in the South LA area.

Zoomed-in version of the print screen from the Watch Duty app, showing Westmont, Willbrook, and Huntington Park with no monitors.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

If you're like me & are currently finalizing your syllabus, you should add this book to your course. Really. #AnthroSky #STSSky #MedAnthro My students & I had the opportunity to read a final draft, and it’s SO GOOD! It sparked thoughtful, thought-provoking conversations. Plus, it’s open access!

About the Book
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Mal-Nutrition documents how maternal health interventions in Guatemala are complicit in reproducing poverty. Policy makers speak about how a critical window of biological growth around the time of pregnancy—called the "first 1,000 days of life"—determines health and wealth across the life course. They argue that fetal development is the key to global development. In this thought-provoking and timely book, Emily Yates-Doerr shows that the control of mothering is a paradigmatic technique of American violence that serves to control the reproduction of privilege and power. She illustrates the efforts of Guatemalan scientists, midwives, and mothers to counter the harms of such mal-nutrition. Their powerful stories offer a window into a form of nutrition science and policy that encourages collective nourishment and fosters reproductive cycles in which women, children, and their entire communities can flourish.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This week, I had the opportunity to organize a workshop to discuss ideas I’ve long been reflecting on. We often talk about the craft of writing, but don’t always address how some of us are writing in a language that is not our first—and how different that makes the whole process. #AnthroSky

Slide cover – The Craft of Writing Ethnographies (in English)

This writing workshop will focus on the craft of writing ethnographies. Many of us are writing ethnographies in English, even though it is not our first language. Thus, we will discuss what it means to write in a language you might not feel comfortable with (yet!) and explore writing techniques you can intentionally use to convey your stories. “Stories” can refer to descriptions of scenes, events, or processes that typically comprise ethnographic vignettes, or they can be the narrative of how you are making sense of the world (what we usually call “theory”). Often, it is both.
Students will bring 600 words of writing, which can be a single 600-word piece or 2-3 shorter, different sections totaling 600 words.
During the workshop, we will read and listen to the text together and explore questions such as: How does the story come together? Could shifts in style better serve its purpose? How does the text engage readers, and where does it lead them? How does writing in English differ from writing in our first language? Are there patterns we should be aware of?

This workshop is inspired by the 2020 workshop “Writing From the Inside Out,” organized by Harris Solomon and sponsored by the Society for Medical Anthropology, but with a focus on the particular questions, challenges, and triumphs of non-Anglophone ethnographers writing in English.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Ich freue mich, diesen Vortrag später heute zu halten! The World Will Become Brazil: Modified Mosquitoes and the Limits of Situated Knowledges in Times of Planetary Transformations – Goethe University Frankfurt @fixingfutures.bsky.social

Flyer for the talk.

All the information can be found here: https://fixingfutures.eu/2024/11/lecture-luisa-reis-castro/

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

We went old school this week and borrowed a DVD from the library – um mein Deutsch zu üben! 🙃 Toller Film!

Photo of the DVD case for the film Toni Erdmann.

It has a yellow strip in the middle, with the words LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Back in LA and enjoying the best this city has to offer: food! 😋

A photo of the front of a restaurant. The sign above reads 'Thiên Hương' in red and 'Vietnamese Restaurant' in green. On the right, a group of people is waiting in line, sitting on a bench.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Call for Manuscripts: SubAtlantic – Latin American, Caribbean and Luso-African Ecologies #EnvHum Submissions in English, Spanish and Portuguese More info here: blog.degruyter.com/call-for-man...

Call for Manuscripts: SubAtlantic – Latin American, Caribbean and Luso-African Ecologies
Jens Andermann , Victoria Saramago , Gabriel Giorgi | 26.09.2024

We are looking for book proposals in English, Spanish and Portuguese for an exciting new series on environmental humanities in the Iberian South Atlantic. We welcome submissions spanning the field in its geographical and historical breadth, from the pre-Columbian and colonial period to the present, including approaches from Amerindian and Afrodescendent perspectives.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Visiting Chicago for the first time and really liking the city! Bonus points for making it so easy to take the metro from the airport (looking at you, LA!).

Photo of the Marina Towers in Chicago, also known corncob towers.

Photo from the Chicago Riverwalk. On the right, you can see the river with a boat passing by; on the left, a metro is passing. Two large glass buildings are in the foreground.

Photo of the pier in Chicago, with the Ferris wheel visible in the background. Closer up, there's a drawing that represents 'No Swimming.

Photo of the lake and the Chicago skyline.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Convocatoria: "Lactancias humanas, cuidados e interseccionalidad" – Revista Uruguya de Antropología y Etnografía #AnthroSky #MedAnthro ojs.fhce.edu.uy/index.php/re...

Poster: Coluna vermelha do lado esquerdo com o nome da revista (RUAe)

Informações podem ser encontradas aqui:

https://ojs.fhce.edu.uy/index.php/revantroetno/announcement/view/107

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Assistant/Associate Professor of Portuguese (Tenure Track) – Department of Portuguese at UMass Dartmouth "The Department is particularly interested in candidates with a teaching and research focus in comparative Luso-Afro-Brazilian studies." careers.umassd.edu/en-us/job/52...

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The OU Brazil Studies Program publishes an open-access One-Pager series, reporting on findings from cutting-edge research on various aspects of Brazilian development in a concise way. More info here: www.ou.edu/cis/research...

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One-Pager Series

The OU Brazil Studies Program publishes a One-Pager series, initiated with generous support from the OU Faculty Senate Ed Cline Faculty development award.

The series reports on findings from cutting-edge research on various aspects of Brazilian development in a concise way (one page, two-sided if necessary). The series is open to contributions from scholars from any academic discipline. By maintaining this series, the OU Brazil Studies Program wants to narrow the gap of quality information about Brazil and contribute to a more informed conversation about the past, present, and future of that country among scholars, professionals, and activists based in the Anglo-American world.

Our One Pagers are published in an “open access” format and have been successfully used in classroom settings, in courses about Brazil or comparative studies. For submissions or inquiries, please feel free contact brazilstudies@ou.edu.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Socio-Environmental Knowledge Commons (SEEKCommons) project is dedicated to building pathways for horizontal collaborations across Science and Technology Studies (STS), Open Science (OS), and socio-environmental researchers and community organizers. #STS #STSSky seekcommons.org/fellowship-a...

About SEEKCommons

The Socio-Environmental Knowledge Commons (SEEKCommons) project is dedicated to building pathways for horizontal collaborations across Science and Technology Studies (STS), Open Science (OS), and socio-environmental researchers and community organizers.

The SEEKCommons Fellowship is an initiative to bring graduate students and early-career researchers to socio-environmental research with common technologies. Our program is designed to:

Encourage new integrative practices involving socio-environmental and climate action research with OS practices; and
Provide a space for fellows and network members to collaborate on common research tools, issues, and challenges.

We are seeking 9 fellows for the 2025 SEEKCommons Fellowship. More details below:

Application Form ** Open: Nov. 7–Dec. 15, 2024 **
Successful Fellows notified: Jan. 31, 2025
Fellowship begins: Feb. 10, 2025
Fellowship ends: Nov. 10, 2025

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My colleague, Andrea Ballestero, who is the chair of this search (but not on Bluesky), posted this in the other place, and I thought I should share it here as well. #AnthroSky #Anthropology Deadline is tomorrow: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Screenshots of two tweets:

Andrea Ballestero
@aballes2
A few days before our deadline (11/15) to submit applications for the search of an Assistant Professor to join our #Anthropology Department @USC
Pls don't restrain from applying because you have done so before. E/search is its own universe!

Second one:
There are so many incredibly qualified anthropologists doing amazing work, it is impossible to make justice to that. We are thankful for you taking the time to submit your materials even knowing the numbers we are dealing with.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Este ano está sendo votado na Califórnia (estado considerado um dos mais progressistas do país) se TRABALHO FORÇADO deve ou não continuar sendo legal. Pois é…

Photo of Ballot – Proposition 6 – Eliminates Constitutional Provision Allowing Involuntary Servitude for Incarcerated Persons. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.

More info here: https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=6&year=2024

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Super feliz que meu texto, originalmente publicado no @castac.bsky.social, foi traduzido pelo João Bardy e publicado no blog Passagens, da UFRJ: www.passagensufrj.com/blog/o-vetor...

O vetor, os vírus e o "mundo saudável".
Situando o Aedes aegypti no Brasil
Luísa Reis-Castro
Tradução: João Bardy

*** Nota do tradutor: Os processos descritos por Luísa Reis-Castro continuam profundamente atuais. O agravamento da crise climática, assim como a pandemia de Covid-19, posteriores a escrita do texto, chamam atenção para a urgência do tema, assim como ressalta as propostas de enfrentamento a estas crises devem ser refletidas não só de maneira técnica, mas também de maneira política. Um dos maiores méritos do texto é a forma como ele convida a imaginar-se vivendo com os mosquitos e não contra eles.
O Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS) publicou nota em fevereiro deste ano alertando que em 2024 teríamos a pior epidemia de dengue já registrada no país. Em Março, a Fio-Cruz afirmou que “A dengue está de volta”. Refletir sobre as lutas passadas travadas contra o A. Aegypti ressalta como a linguagem e, consequentemente, a percepção sobre estas epidemias ainda permanece a mesma. As piores epidemias de nosso tempo ainda devem acontecer dadas as tendências e elas continuam a ser descritas como um

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

USC-AAUP Statement in Response to USC's Militarized Response to Student Protest

IN RESPONSE TO USC’S MILITARIZED RESPONSE TO STUDENT PROTEST, April 24, 2024

USC-AAUP condemns President Carol Folt and our administrative leaders’ decision to invite LAPD officers in riot gear and armed with batons, rubber bullet launchers, tear gas and guns (per the Daily Trojan) to our campus today in response to peaceful protest by our students.

Instead of allowing our students to go ahead with their planned events, which today included Yoga and Meditation, Kite-Making, a Kaddish reading with Jewish Voices for Peace, and a Sunset Vigil, all staged in Alumni Park as a "Gaza Solidarity" action, USC administrators chose to turn our campus into a militarized zone. DPS initiated confrontations with student protesters from early this morning at Alumni Park. After 5pm the LAPD issued a mass dispersal order; police in riot gear entered the campus; and dozens were arrested.

We are deeply concerned for all of our students’ well-being and safety. USC students (of many faiths, including many Jews) are challenging the mass slaughter of over 30,000 civilians in Gaza as well as Islamophobia on our campus. Our Muslim students also feel silenced and abandoned.

There can be no business as usual when our campus is occupied by city police who are preventing our students from engaging in a peaceful demonstration of their first amendment rights. The USC administration's choice to quell student protest, on the eve of their graduation, after silencing their commencement speaker is obscene.

By bringing militarized and armed forces onto our campus, and refusing to call them off even with ample evidence of police abuse and endangerment of students, USC administrators have made our entire campus community unsafe. We condemn their choice to suppress and endanger our students in the strongest possible terms.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

The OA essay I co-wrote with @lisaonaga.bsky.social on “Ambivalent Insects” is out in the world @isisjournal.bsky.social! I’m honored to be part of this focus section on “Magnifying Insect Histories,” with such a stellar group of scholars. Here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

“Ambivalent Insects” as Tools and Targets

Lisa Onaga and Luísa Reis-Castro

Abstract

The binary categories of harm and benefit have often shaped how historians frame discussions of insects. Scientists also leverage the binary framing of insects as tools and targets to carry out their work, especially in the development of biological technologies for pest control. This essay emphasizes how binaries function in scientific practice. Two case studies spanning from the twentieth century to the recent past illustrate the shift away from chemicals in pest management and, in doing so, show the instability of binary categories over the longue durée. Noticing “ambivalent insects” affords a way to widen narrative options and identify new opportunities for investigating insect histories.

Cover of the ISIS journal, Volume 115, Number 1, March 2024. Drawing of an insect on a tree

Also found here: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/current

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

Very excited for this to come out soon! "Ambivalent Insects” with @lisaonaga.bsky.social It will be part of a @isisjournal.bsky.social focus section on "Magnifying Insect Histories," edited by the wonderful @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @lisaonaga.bsky.social! 🐛🦟🪲🐜

“Ambivalent Insects” as Tools and Targets

Lisa Onaga, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Luísa Reis-Castro, University of Southern California

Abstract: The binary categories of harm and benefit have often shaped how historians frame discussions of insects. Scientists also leverage the binary framing of insects as tools and targets to carry out their work, especially in the development of biological technolo- gies for pest control. This essay emphasizes how binaries function in scientific practice. Two case studies spanning from the twentieth century to the recent past illustrate the shift away from chemicals in pest management and, in doing so, show the instability of binary categories over the longue durée. Noticing “ambivalent insects” affords a way to widen nar- rative options and identify new opportunities for investigating insect histories.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

¡Súper contenta de que mi artículo "Becoming Without" haya sido publicado en castellano! A partir de las relaciones humanos y mosquitos (transgénicos), examino la idea de "devenir sin": de experimentar relacionalmente la (potencial) ausencia y distancia como valiosa. revistes.ub.edu/index.php/45...

DEVENIR-SIN: MOSQUITOS TRANSGÉNICOS, CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES Y EL VALOR DEL NO-ENCUENTRO EN LAS RELACIONES MULTIESPECIES
Luísa Reis-CastroUniversity of Southern California, USA
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-629X

ISSN 2013-3294183Resumen || El zancudo Aedes aegypti, conocido como el vector de los virus del zika, dengue, chikungunya y fiebre amarilla, ha sido históricamente el objetivo de campañas de salud pública en las que se le concibe como un enemigo a eliminar. Sin embargo, han surgido nuevas estrategias, como el enfoque transgénico, que implicase modificar biológicamente el A. aegypti para utilizarlo en el control de su propia población. En este enfoque, la cría y el apareamiento de zancudos se convierten en un insecticida. Con ello, el insecto pasa a ser simultáneamente amigo y enemigo, recibe cuidados y es eliminado y debe establecer encuentros y no encuentros. Con base en un trabajo de campo etnográfico realizado en una «biofábrica» en el noreste de Brasil dedicada a la producción masiva de estos mosquitos transgénicos, Reis-Castro explora las nuevas dinámicas de trabajo y de generación de valor que surgen de e

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies, with a focus on Latin American and/or Caribbean pueblos originarios/povos originários – New York University (NYU) More info here: apply.interfolio.com/132382

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean

Studies (CLACS) at New York University invite applications for an assistant professor tenure-

track position in Indigenous Studies, with a focus on Latin American and/or Caribbean pueblos

originarios/povos originários. This search is part of a cluster hire in Native American and

Indigenous Studies coordinated with the Departments of Cinema Studies, Performance Studies,

English, History, Social and Cultural Analysis and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

More information about this cluster, and NYU's broader Faculty Cluster Hiring Initiative, can be

found here. The successful candidate’s tenure home will be in the Department of Spanish and

Portuguese and will hold a joint appointment in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean

Studies and will advise and teach in the undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. programs offered

by both units, including teaching undergraduate and graduate

Applications from scholars who are members of Indigenous language communities as well as of

populations historically underrepresented in the academy are especially encouraged.

Candidates who are in the process of completing their PhDs may apply provided their degree is

completed prior to the start date for the position. Review of application materials will begin

October 20, 2023, and the search will remain open until the position is filled. The appointment

will begin on September 1, 2024, pending administrative and budgetary approval.

Application materials: Cover Letter, CV, 1-page Teaching Statement, 1-page Diversity and

Inclusion Statement (additional information can be found here:

https://as.nyu.edu/departments/facultydiversity/recruitment/diversity-statements.html), Writing

Sample (book chapter or published article preferred), and names and contact information for 3

References. Applicants should submit their materials through Interfolio.

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

What I am picturing as I submit my application for this fellowship.

Meme of Effie Trinket, from the film Hunger Games, with the words, "May the odds be ever in your favor"

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

LA friends! USC Anthropology Department, alongside the Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life & the Narrative Medicine Program, is thrilled to host the “Social Life of Medicine” lecture series, with a stellar lineup of speakers! Join us!

Poster with all the talks. They can also be found here: USC Keck Master of Science in Narrative Medicine Program

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

USC is doing a search for the "Turpanjian Early Career Chair in Contemporary Armenian Studies" – TT assistant professor or tenured associate professor Anthropology is one of the possible departments. So #AnthroBlue (is that a thing?) please help spread the word! usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

he Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate professor position to be appointed as the Turpanjian Early Career Chair in Contemporary Armenian Studies.

The department of appointment is to be determined. We invite applicants from a broad range of social science fields and disciplines. Possible departments include Anthropology, Economics, Political Science and International Relations, and Sociology, among others. Candidates for the Early Career Chair must work in contemporary Armenian studies and have a PhD degree in their field by the time of appointment.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and CV with names of three potential referees to turpanjiansearch@dornsife.usc.edu. Materials submitted by regular mail will not be accepted. In order to be considered for this position, all candidates must also a

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

TT Assistant Professor in Urban Environmental Anthropology with a focus on health and well-being, at the Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland Electronic submission only to ejobs.umd.edu. (Position #123712) Deadline: Oct 15

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park invites applications from outstanding early-career scholars to be appointed as Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Urban Environmental Anthropology with a focus on health and well-being. We seek a scholar with a PhD in anthropology, or related fields, in hand by June 2024 whose work explicitly examines the link between the environment and health and wellbeing in urban environments. The candidate should possess expertise that addresses environmental health topics broadly conceived and including, but not limited to, climate change, disaster management, nutrition and food security, water security, air pollution, sanitation and waste disposal, built environment, energy and extraction systems, and/or the impacts of toxic chemical exposures, among other areas focusing on the intersections of environmental, social, and racial justice.

The ideal candidate will use theoretical expertise in environmental anthropology

We seek a colleague with demonstrated and/or clear potential to develop an independent and robust research program in Urban Environmental Anthropology with a focus on health and well-being in the Department of Anthropology. The successful applicant will have a track record demonstrated through a variety of pathways, such as publications, research funding, awards, teaching and mentorship, community engagement, policy development, knowledge translation, and interdisciplinary collaborations appropriate to the level of the scholar. Successful applicants should show a strong theoretical and methodological focus that complements existing faculty research. Additional opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with departments and research units across campus (e.g. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation; School of Public Health), and via partnerships with government agencies and non-governmental organizations in Washington, DC, Balt

Education:

PhD in anthropology, or related fields, in hand by June 2024 whose work explicitly examines the link between the environment and health and wellbeing in urban environments, with an emphasis on environmental justice.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

● Expertise in environmental health topics broadly conceived and including, but not limited to, climate change, disaster management, nutrition and food security, water security, air pollution, sanitation and waste disposal, built environment, energy and extraction systems, and/or the impacts of toxic chemical exposures, among other areas focusing on the intersections of environmental, social, and racial justice.

Please submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae listing qualifications and experience, and the names and contact information for three professional references. Your letter should provide additional detail of your expertise and experience that speaks to job requirements and description, and should disc

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

The Political Ecology Society (PESO) announces the 2023 Eric Wolf Prize for the best article-length paper! To be eligible for the competition, scholars must be no more than two years past the completion of their Master’s or Ph.D. degree. Deadline is September 15, 2023

Eric Wolf Paper Prize CFP

The Political Ecology Society (PESO) announces the 2023 Eric Wolf Prize for the best article-length paper. The competition offers a great opportunity as it involves paid registration fees for the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, a feature presentation of the paper at this meeting, and publication in the Journal of Political Ecology!

We seek papers based in substantive field research that make an innovative contribution to political ecology. Clear links to some specific set of political ecology ideas and literature is important. To be eligible for the competition, scholars must be no more than two years past the completion of their Master’s or Ph.D. degree. This includes scholars who have not yet received the Ph.D. and Master’s students. Multiple authored papers are considered as long as the first author meets the above criteria. Be mindful the prize is meant exclusively to support students and newly minted grads. Also, we cannot accept

The deadline for submission is September 15, 2023.

The preferred format for papers is electronic, i.e. Word or PDF. Please contact us, if you need to submit in some other format. Please anonymize your submission and use the style guidelines provided on the Journal of Political Ecology webpage: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/about/submissions

As the winning paper will be published in the Journal of Political Ecology, the prize reviewers may request revisions before the item is published.

Electronic submissions and further queries should be sent to Dr. Elisabeth Moolenaar (emoolenaar@regis.edu)

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Hey STS folks! SEEKCommons Fellowship for graduate students, postdocs, & practitioners working in a community-based organization to bring "new perspectives & voices to socio-environmental research with open technologies." Applications due by October 15, 2023 seekcommons.org/fellowship-a...

Priority Topics for Fellowships

Priority will be given to potential fellows with localized project focus. The datasets fellows work with should have significance to their community/partner communities.

Open technologies for data management, formats, standards, protection, and sharing strategies;
Creating/adapting tools or workflows to support the reuse of strategic datasets;
Open Hardware instrumentation for socio-environmental projects;
Open data and metadata curation for sharing, protecting, and preserving socio-environmental environmental project outputs;
Developing FAIR Implementation Profiles (FIPs) for socio-environmental research for public benefit (with orientation of CARE principles);
Beyond and alongside CARE, strategies / frameworks for addressing process as part of data use (which FAIR does not do);
STS research on responses to OS institutional mandates, data protection and sharing practices, and commercialization of the sciences.

To encourage

Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible for this fellowship program, you must:

Be currently enrolled in a graduate program, or hold a postdoctoral appointment, or be a professional practitioner working in a community-based organization;
Demonstrate clear alignment with the goals and objectives of the SEEKCommons project. This will be assessed via your application materials.

Of the nine fellowships offered in each cohort, at least one will be reserved for:

An indigenous STS fellow working on the priority topics listed above under “potential research topics”
An STS research fellow working on artificial intelligence (AI) and open socio-environmental data

Please review our SEEKCommons Fellowship FAQ for additional eligibility information.

Fellows’ Responsibilities

To successfully participate in the fellowship program, fellows will be expected to be actively involved in cohort activities, including:

Participation in once-monthly virtual cohort meetings (total of 9);
Participation in, at least, 7 virtual workshops during the duration of the fellowship, with the option to join additional workshops;
Engagement with mentors during the process of design, implementation, and completion of the proposed project;
Participation in annual in-person SEEKCommons Network convening (travel funding provided).
Work with SEEKcommons team and network members to curate content for the Resource Hub;
Document research work through public, multimedia formats (i.e. blogs, video, social media) so the benefits of the fellowship are shared publicly and widely;
Preparation of a final research product (i.e. peer-reviewed publication, software package, hardware project, white paper, website, data portal, conference poste

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Assistant Professor in Colonial Latin American history at Johns Hopkins Early colonial period (15th-17th), focus on topics &/or employ methods related to Indigenous or Afro-Latin American history Note: writing sample in Spanish/Portuguese is also acceptable!! apply.interfolio.com/130955

Description

The Department of the History at the Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the Rohrbaugh Assistant Professor in Colonial Latin American history. We are particularly interested in candidates working in the early colonial period (fifteenth through seventeenth centuries) and who focus on topics and/or employ methods related to Indigenous or Afro-Latin American history.
Qualifications

A Ph.D. in History or a related field is required, but we will accept applications from doctoral students expected to fulfill Ph. D degree requirements by July 1, 2024.
Application Instructions

Applications should include a cover letter, CV, research statement, and writing sample (preferably in English, though Spanish or Portuguese is also acceptable) online via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/xxxx. Additional materials, including letters of reference, will be requested as the application process advances. The committee will not conduct interviews at the American Histori

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

Anthropology and Environment Society’s Junior Scholar Writing Workshop ⏰ The deadline has been extended to September 5th!!

Do you long for feedback on your writing?

Are you struggling with the argument on a paper?

Do you miss having a PhD advisor to run your ideas by?

The Anthropology and Environment Society’s Junior Scholar Writing Workshop is for you!

The Anthropology and Environment Society is pleased to announce that it will be organizing a Junior Scholar Writing Workshop at this year’s AAAs. The workshop is intended for

junior scholars, understood as anyone post PhD and pre-tenure, regardless of whether or not they are currently in an academic position.

The goal of this workshop is to support scholars in the early stages of their careers by offering an opportunity for detailed peer feedback on a piece of written work and building a community of environmental anthropologists at a similar point in

their career trajectories. Participants will be clustered in groups of three, will exchange papers in advance of the AAAs, and meet for a 3-hour time period to workshop each paper for an hour.

People interested in participating should send: (1) a paragraph abstract on the paper they would like to workshop; (2) the name the journal where they hope to submit the paper; (3) a sentence

bio to mtbrown@umd.edu, by September 1.

People may also choose to share funding proposal narratives, book chapters, or book proposals if they would like to. In these cases, they should provide a sentence summary of the intended grant, larger book project, or the press they are hoping to target.

Full drafts of papers will be due by November 1, to allow everyone in the workshop group to read and prepare comments on the papers.

Participation in the workshop means a commitment to:

● Write a paper by November 1.

● Read two other people’s papers and prepare detailed comments.

● Meet for a three hour period at the AAAs or virtually during the conference

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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

Open Search (Assistant, Associate, Full)-Princeton Anthro "We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship& teaching are centered on law, technology& ethics or in areas not currently covered by the Department" puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

The Department of Anthropology at Princeton University invites applications for a tenure-track (assistant professor) or tenured position (associate or full professor). We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship and teaching are centered on law, technology, and ethics or in areas not currently covered by the Department. Applicants must have an outstanding record of ethnographic research and theoretical innovation and have a commitment to effective teaching and mentoring. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. at the time of application and will be expected to teach and advise students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and contribute to the intellectual diversity of the department. The term of appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2024.

Applicants should submit: 1) a curriculum vita; 2) a cover letter summarizing research and scholarly accomplishments and teaching experience; 3) a one-page statement describing future research and writing goals; 4)

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