Branwyn Poleykett @branwyn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Interested candidates can attend an online information session on Wednesday June 10 4-5PM CEST - email the department secretary to register: secretariaat-antr@uva.nl 000
Branwyn Poleykett @branwyn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026The anthropology department at the University of Amsterdam is advertising a fully funded PhD position for a candidate from and/or with heritage in the Caribbean and South American regions historically shaped by Dutch colonialism and trans-Atlantic slavery werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...werkenbij.uva.nlVacancy — Anthropology PhD Position for Candidates from Former Dutch Colonies in the Americas<p><span>Do you come from, or have heritage in the Caribbean or South American regions shaped by Dutch colonialism and slavery? Are you interested in pursuing a PhD in anthropology at the University o... 102
Branwyn Poleykett @branwyn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025One of the weirdest experiences transitioning to the Netherlands... last year I spoke to a lot of colleagues who were motivated to strike but felt they couldn't cope with the "increased workload" it would bring 110
Reposted by Branwyn PoleykettJan Mendes @janmendes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025I’m co-hosting a workshop on Black death and mourning via Black family narratives @framerframed.bsky.social on April 9 (17-20:00). In discussion with @julianisenia.bsky.social, Nawal Mustafa, and Camille Sapara Barton. Please join and circulate! 01511
Reposted by Branwyn PoleykettMatthew Wolf-Meyer @mw-m.bsky.social · 18/03/2025"Proposals for a Caring Economy" comes out this spring. I often hope that a book will become irrelevant by the time it's published. Sadly, this little book is more relevant than ever. It offers a set of ethnographically-driven policy recommendations, suitable for any reader. bit.ly/4iS1tUSbit.lyProposals for a Caring EconomyOffers much-needed care models beyond capitalist constraints For too long, questions of care provision and inclusion have been shaped by economic justificati... 1146
Reposted by Branwyn PoleykettEthemcan Turhan @muhalefetserhi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Happening next week! 053
Reposted by Branwyn PoleykettLys Alcayna-Stevens @lysalcayna.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Please join us @oxford-anthro.bsky.social this Friday for Week 6 of our Department Seminar with @branwyn.bsky.social who will be presenting her paper ‘Staple Strategies: Food crisis and the struggle for millet in Senegal’. More info here: www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/staple... 143
Reposted by Branwyn PoleykettOpen Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Can #agency be reduced to notions of personal choice, #freedom, and #autonomy? Find out here: www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/agency #anthropology #sts #anthroblueskyanthroencyclopedia.comAgencyIn anthropology, agency is broadly defined as the socio-culturally mediated capacity to act. Classically, the concept has been used to analyse how people try to influence, or change, their lifeworlds ... 012
Branwyn Poleykett @branwyn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Thank you so much! A very promising first half of a syllabus here... 010
Branwyn Poleykett @branwyn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Hi Adam, could you recommend a short text laying out this argument that might work well for teaching? 210
Reposted by Branwyn PoleykettShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 15/10/2024“How does a food crisis occur? What factors create conditions of scarcity? What can be done about it? These questions sit at the heart of The Hunger Tales, a resource-management board game hatched by Bakudapan Food Study Group, an eight-woman collective founded in 2015 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.”thisismold.comPlaying the Field - MOLD :: Designing the Future of FoodHow does a food crisis occur? What factors create conditions of scarcity? What can be done about it? These questions sit at the heart of The Hunger Tales, a resource-management […] 0146