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Felix Stein

@felixundstein.bsky.social
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Anthropologist of economic life and global health @UvA_AISSR; I post about #reparations and #globalhealthfinancing. PI www.reparationsresearch.eu; wrote "Work, Sleep, Repeat" shorturl.at/DRcQ3; founded www.anthroencyclopedia.com

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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Join us now for a lecture on#socioecological #repair by Dr Matthew Wingfield from @suhealthsci.bsky.social Microsoft Teams meeting Join: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3514697... Meeting ID: 351 469 773 976 329 Passcode: qX3P8UV6
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🎉Two new blogs are now live on our website! Mausumi M. Chetia and @felixundstein.bsky.social write about climate repair and restorative justice calls in the field of global health. Check them out here⤵️ #climatechange #lossanddamage #justice #reparations
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Check out two recently published blogs written by our team members — REPAIR
Our team members have published two blogs that you can now read open access on our website: In her brand-new blog titled ‘ Why Climate Repair must be here and now: Fieldnotes from the Yasawas ’ o...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Moluccans who fought for the Dutch colonial army during the post-WW2 struggle for Indonesian independence - and were then brought to the Netherlands, housed in dire conditions with no job or integration prospects - received a formal apology from Dutch PM Jetten. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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'Historical justice': Dutch PM makes formal apology to Moluccans
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten Sunday issued a formal state apology to members of the Moluccan community for their decades-long mistreatment by the Netherlands after Indonesia won independence from…
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“The EU referendum gave us an opportunity to improve people’s lives and we failed.” @anandmenon.bsky.social reflected on the night of the Brexit referendum results and what has come of it in the past decade in an interview with @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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Anand Menon: “The EU referendum gave us an opportunity to improve people’s lives and we failed”
In an interview with Stuart Brown, Anand Menon discusses why the Brexit referendum was a missed opportunity to change society for the better.
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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This looks really useful:
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Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI
This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing c....
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Efforts to drive progressive change rely on the notion of solidarity. But how does the person not living in precarity identify with and support this person? @anthealawson.bsky.social investigates the psychosocial foundations of the “saviour complex” @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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Is shared experience necessary to act in solidarity?
For those seeking to drive progressive change, might questioning one's own assumptions be a good place to start? Campaigner Anthea Lawson explores.
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New Entry by Melles, Sosna and Jehlička! "Examining concrete practices of exploitation reveals that extractivist attitudes towards human and non-human beings are by no means confined to capitalist economies." #resources #extractivism #capitalism #anthropology #sharing
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Resources
Using and valuing resources is a vital component of human life. Yet as much as resources such as water, land, or fuel contribute to the flourishing of communities, they also constitute objects of cont...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“How to repair is a question that must not be refused [..] It’s also a question on which we must not make false promises” - Emmanuel Macron says France must address the question of #reparations for its role in slave trade; use of term broke historic taboo. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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Macron says France must address issue of reparations for its role in slave trade
French president’s use of term comes as demand grows for formal discussion on addressing legacies of enslavement
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Interesting recent opinion piece: "European claims arising from postcolonial redistribution are treated as urgent, enforceable and respectable, while African claims arising from colonial dispossession remain largely outside the same legal and moral framework." 🔗 www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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The West only discovers property rights when the landowners are white
Zimbabwe is compensating European farmers. The original dispossession goes unrecognised.
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Spain’s long-delayed reckoning with sexual abuse within the Catholic Church entered a new phase this year with the launch of a #reparations program” - Victims have one year to apply, so far ~420 have done so. apnews.com/article/cath...
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Ahead of papal visit, Spain pushes forward with reparations for church sex abuse victims
Spain is addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church with a new reparations program. Victims like Paula Alonso-Pimentel, who was abused by a priest over 50 years ago, can now seek compensation.
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New entry! Claudia Lang and Caroline Meier zu Biesen ask"A planetary health outlook is particularly relevant in an era of escalating environmental and health crises. How can this perspective shape our responses to chronic health conditions, pandemics, and shared anxieties about planetary wellbeing?"
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Planetary health
The concept of ‘planetary health’ asks how human health and disease relate to the environment and to other species on a planetary scale. Cutting across scales, it allows us to think of human health an...
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#OpenAccess! COMPETITION BEYOND CAPITALISM: Anthropological Perspectives on an Unruly Dynamic, edited by Leo Hopkinson and Teodor Zidaru has now been published. Find out more: bit.ly/3QHseT6 #Anthropology #EconomicAnthropology #Sociology
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Via Reuters: www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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WHO raises risk of Ebola outbreak in Congo to 'very high' at national level
The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola turning into a national outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to "very high".
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Emily Mendenhall @emendenhall.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today in Science Politics Melissa Betters argues that instead of extracting critical minerals from the seafloor to fuel batteries, we could reduce, reuse, and recycle batteries we already have. sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/22/t...
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To Save the Deep Sea, We Need Fewer Batteries - Science Politics
Instead of extracting critical minerals from the seafloor to fuel batteries, we could reduce, reuse, and recycle batteries we already have.
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Register & join us tomorrow @11am CET for an exciting event on #ClimateReparations ⬇️ 🗣️#1: Prof. Wewerinke-Singh Beyond Loss and Damage: Climate Reparations in International Law 🗣️ #2: Prof. Morgera Reparations for Climate Harm: International Human Rights Law and Transformative Change Perspectives
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Interested in #reparations for #climate change, #colonialism and #nuclear harm, or questions around #justice, Indigeneity and belonging? Then join some of our upcoming spring events in person or online! 🌼⬇️ 🔗 Check out what's coming & sign up here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures
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Lectures — REPAIR
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Geneva Health Files @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Civil Society Organizations Ratchet Up the Pressure in The Negotiations of the Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing System newsletter.genevahealthfiles.com/civil-societ...
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Civil Society Organizations Ratchet Up the Pressure in The Negotiations of the Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing System
Newsletter Edition #155 [Treaty Talks] Readers, What is symphony to some, is cacophony to others. The negotiations on the Pathogen Access Benefit Sharing Mechanisms have registered intense activity...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📣Join us for a fascinating hybrid double-feature REPAIR lecture on #climate #reparations with Prof. @mwewerinke.bsky.social from @uvalawschool.bsky.social & Prof. Morgera from @durham.ac.uk. 📆 15 April, 11am CET 📍Room B9.22, UvA REC 🔗 More info & sign-up: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/cli...
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Double-feature REPAIR lecture on climate reparations — REPAIR
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Emily Mendenhall @emendenhall.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Agustin Fuentes's article in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social argues that "It’s time for us to stand up and speak out. We must take overt action against the misrepresentation of data, analyses, and understandings that academics work so hard to produce." sciencepolitics.org/2026/03/25/h...
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Humans Are Wonderfully Varied. Scholars Shouldn’t Let the Government Say Otherwise. - Science Politics
Academics have a responsibility to speak up when misrepresented scientific work about race, sex, and gender shapes policy.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
For Democracy Journal, I reviewed Dorothy Brown’s new book on moving reparations from policy proposal to reality.
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Why Not for Black People?
The United States government has in fact recompensed injured groups in the past. So why won’t it do it for Black Americans?
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Forcible disappearance has a time-swallowing quality: it is an ongoing crime until the uncertainty is resolved, until the missing person or their remains are found". Essential reading on the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Argentina @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Rachel Nolan · The Grandson of Estela: Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo
Week​ after week, year after year, members of the collective formed in 1977, during the Argentine military...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Cuba may pay lump sum #compensation to U.S. citizens and companies whose properties were seized after the 1959 revolution. Some argue that the proposal might be tied to calls for lifting the U.S. embargo as part of a broader negotiating strategy. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/c...
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Cuba signals possible compensation for seized U.S. properties, but Cuban Americans remain skeptical
Havana may pay billions in claims tied to properties seized after the 1959 revolution — but questions remain over who qualifies and whether payments would ever materialize.
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🧵1/ Our new @eupha.bsky.social & European Journal of Public Health editorial warns that war in Iran is creating invisible health frontlines, with civilians, health workers, and health systems bearing burden. W/ @tiagocorreia.bsky.social @charlottemar.bsky.social @talbreht.bsky.social & Neil Squires
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Must-read BMJ editorial by @jocalynclark.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/392/... "Peace, come closer." On the urgent need for "a critical debate about the role and influence of powerful financiers in global health, especially now as traditional sources of support dwindle."
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Global Health Financing Needs a Reset by Bertrand Badré, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/EuI6yhs Co-authored by the Boston Consulting group. So I'm guessing the 'powers that be' will pay attention. And @felixundstein.bsky.social :)
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Global Health Financing Needs a Reset
Bertrand Badré & Johanna Benesty propose ways to rethink aid, as dependence on a handful of budget-cutting donors threatens hard-won gains.
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Those of us who have tried to research public-private partnerships will, I suspect, read these words by @davidallengreen.bsky.social and say Amen
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Britain’s international aid cuts have failed. It’s time to change course www.devex.com/news/britain...
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Britain’s international aid cuts have failed. It’s time to change course
Opinion: A systematic analysis of the U.K.'s decision to slash its aid budget one year on shows that none of the original justifications for the cuts stand up to scrutiny.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The new Lancet study on the genocide in Gaza finds that total deaths were 1.71 times higher than reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health as of January 2025. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Violent and non-violent death tolls for the Gaza conflict: new primary evidence from a population-representative field survey
This first independent population survey of mortality in the Gaza Strip shows that violent deaths have substantially exceeded official figures whereas the demographic composition of casualties aligns ...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Had to post about this #restorativejustice #videogame..: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...
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Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums
Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
🗣️ "For those with the largest followings on X, it has been universities who are most reluctant to let go." #AcademicSocialMedia #X
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UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point - LSE Impact
Data collected on UK universities’ use of social media shows academic engagement with X is at a tipping point with more institutions off the platform than on.
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🌏 Celebrating World Anthropology Day 🌏 #Anthropology connects us to the stories, cultures & experiences of people everywhere. At the Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology, we make sure this knowledge is open, free, and accessible to everyone! #WorldAnthropologyDay #OpenAccess www.anthroencyclopedia.com
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology
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Luke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Our new podcast on #AI, accountability and civilian harm in armed conflict with @jessicadorsey.bsky.social Chris Rogers and I reflecting on AI-DSS, LAWS & #CHMR lawpod.org/podcast/ai-a...
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AI, Accountability, and Civilian Harm
Mae Thompson speaks with Prof Luke Moffett, Dr Jessica Dorsey, and Chris Rogers about how artificial intelligence is already reshaping military decision making and what that means for civilian harm, a...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
From Oxford University Press: Our own market research, undertaken with 674 students in summer 2024, found that 94% were using AI to support their learning, a figure that aligns with broader sector data. This is data from almost two years ago.
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Join us now for a lecture by Prof. Markus Messling on the Cultural Politics of #Reparations: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3676962... Meeting ID: 367 696 297 020 98 Passcode: MM2Ek2wb
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Join us tomorrow, 2pm CET for the #online talk by Prof. Markus Messling on "Cultural practices of #reparations". Prof. Messling runs the Käte Hamburger Centre: Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE). Tune in here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/cul...
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Cultural Practices of Reparation: Aims and Case Studies  — REPAIR
Kader Attia coined the famous dictum that ‘reparation is the awareness of the wound.’ Severe destruction and damages, such as those caused by violence, cultural death, natural catastrophes, or global ...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A history of #slavery & dispossession: The UK and the US were found responsible for crimes against humanity on Chagos Islands but so far there are no plans of #reparations or #justice for Indigenous people. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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The injustice in Chagos continues
Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Join us tomorrow, 10am CET in person or online for the talk by Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis on "Reparative Grammar" and #reparations beyond injury. Find out more here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...
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Reparative Grammar — REPAIR
The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology is looking for a new Editorial Team. You can apply here: docs.google.com/document/u/1... Could you please share this call? @anthroencyclo.bsky.social @aaas.org @anthrofuentes.bsky.social @appliedanthro.bsky.social @histanthro.org @polar-journal.bsky.social
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Luke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Ukrainian civilian casualties surged by 26% in 2025, say researchers with 2,248 killed and 12,493 injured, and 33% more injured or killed in each srike in 2025 compared to 2024 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Ukrainian civilian casualties surged by 26% in 2025, say researchers
Exclusive: Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We’re hiring! 📢📢📢 The Open Encyclopedia of #Anthropology is looking for a new editorial team. Join us in strengthening #OpenAccess publishing and shaping the future of our discipline. Applications welcome from individuals or groups. Please share widely! 🌎🌍🌏 docs.google.com/document/u/1...
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OEA Call for Editorial Team
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The coalition agreement of the new centre-right Dutch government states that they will "actively promote societal awareness of the country's #colonial and #slavery past and its lasting impact" but does not mention the words #reparations or reparatory #justice. www.reuters.com/world/dutch-...
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Dutch anti-racism chief sees hope for reparations under new government
The Netherlands' anti-racism chief is hopeful that the new Dutch government will discuss reparations for slavery and colonialism, years after official apologies were criticised by campaigners for fall...
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
As you know we're excited about #anthropology and about #openaccess. Here's an overview of arguments why open access (not only for anthropology) is so beneficial to the entire scientific community: open-access.network/en/informati...
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Open Access Arguments and Reservations
Open access has many advantages, e.g. increased visibility and citation frequency of documents and better findability via search engines.
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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology is #openaccess! Choose your Friday reading 🤓 Perhaps an entry on democracy? Here it is: anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/democr...
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Democracy
Democracy is a system of governance and a value with a widespread presence worldwide. However, anthropological literature has shown that the transition to democracy articulates practices,…
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Emily Mendenhall @emendenhall.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This morning in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social Sanjay Basu discusses the past, present, and future confluences around vaccine dissonance. It's worth looking at history to understand opportunities for the future. sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/06/m...
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Measles Season Is Here. How Likely Are You to Recommend a Vaccine? - Science Politics
While vaccination politics are centuries old, vaccine decisions today are treated like a consumer gadget — subject to the whims of brand loyalty and user experience.
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Join us online or in person for two lectures on #reparations later this month at the University of Amsterdam. Sign up here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures
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Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Insurance companies, climate and health justice cdn.who.int/media/docs/d... in WHO Bulletin - from a Commercial Determinants of health angle.
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Join us for a hybrid lecture on #black #repair with one of the world's leading #reparations scholars: Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis. Wednesday 18th of February, 10am CET, in Amsterdam and online (sign-up below) www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...
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Reparative Grammar — REPAIR
The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...
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Felix Stein @felixundstein.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Join us for a hybrid lecture on #black #repair with one of the world's leading #reparations scholars: Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis. Wednesday 18th of February, 10am CET, in Amsterdam and online (sign-up below) www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...
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Reparative Grammar — REPAIR
The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
France adopts a #reparations bill for thousands of children who were forcibly relocated from Reunion island to mainland France between 1962-1984. The bill calls for a remembrance commission, a national day of tribute, and for #compensation through lump-sum payments. www.lemonde.fr/outre-mer/ar...
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La Réunion : l’Assemblée nationale adopte à l’unanimité une proposition de loi de réparation pour les « enfants de la Creuse »
Le texte prévoit la création d’une commission pour la mémoire, l’institution d’une journée nationale d’hommage et une allocation forfaitaire pour les victimes. Entre 1962 et 1984, 2 015 mineurs ont ét...
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